Mundane matters:mapping the becomings of heterosexual girlhood in the emerging sexual cultures of elementary school children
Abstract This article explores the vital roles of matter in the emerging sexual cultures of elementary school children. Based on a case study of a seven-year-old girl, it draws from ethnographic research on the gendered and sexual power relations of students in Northern Finland. Inspired by feminist...
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ftunivoulu:oai:oulu.fi:nbnfi-fe202301091909 2023-07-30T04:05:49+02:00 Mundane matters:mapping the becomings of heterosexual girlhood in the emerging sexual cultures of elementary school children Puutio, E. (Eveliina) Huuki, T. (Tuija) Pihkala, S. (Suvi) 2022 application/pdf http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe202301091909 eng eng SAGE Publications info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Puutio, Eveliina; Huuki, Tuija; Pihkala, Suvi, Mundane matters : mapping the becomings of heterosexual girlhood in the emerging sexual cultures of elementary school children, Sexualities (Journal Volume Number and Issue Number) pp. xx-xx. Copyright © The Author(s) 2022. DOI:10.1177/13634607221126937. Girls intra-activity materiality new materialism sexual cultures info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 2022 ftunivoulu 2023-07-08T20:00:52Z Abstract This article explores the vital roles of matter in the emerging sexual cultures of elementary school children. Based on a case study of a seven-year-old girl, it draws from ethnographic research on the gendered and sexual power relations of students in Northern Finland. Inspired by feminist, new materialist theories, the analysis indicates how everyday objects may be seen as co-constituting heterosexual femininity by attaching even young girls to teenage cultures and emphasizing femininity and distancing them from childhood and masculinity. This article shows, furthermore, how materiality acts in generating “cross-pulls” that may evoke popularity and admiration, but also cause restrictions to the agency of girls in the ambiguous entanglements of child sexual cultures. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Finland Jultika - University of Oulu repository |
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Abstract This article explores the vital roles of matter in the emerging sexual cultures of elementary school children. Based on a case study of a seven-year-old girl, it draws from ethnographic research on the gendered and sexual power relations of students in Northern Finland. Inspired by feminist, new materialist theories, the analysis indicates how everyday objects may be seen as co-constituting heterosexual femininity by attaching even young girls to teenage cultures and emphasizing femininity and distancing them from childhood and masculinity. This article shows, furthermore, how materiality acts in generating “cross-pulls” that may evoke popularity and admiration, but also cause restrictions to the agency of girls in the ambiguous entanglements of child sexual cultures. |
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Puutio, E. (Eveliina) Huuki, T. (Tuija) Pihkala, S. (Suvi) |
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Mundane matters:mapping the becomings of heterosexual girlhood in the emerging sexual cultures of elementary school children |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Puutio, Eveliina; Huuki, Tuija; Pihkala, Suvi, Mundane matters : mapping the becomings of heterosexual girlhood in the emerging sexual cultures of elementary school children, Sexualities (Journal Volume Number and Issue Number) pp. xx-xx. Copyright © The Author(s) 2022. DOI:10.1177/13634607221126937. |
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