A personal; revealing; and sometimes humorous exploration of female experience; Performing Femininity challenges traditional and feminist perspectives on gender roles. Using ethnographic method; Lesa Lockford transforms herself into an image-obsessed weight watcher; an exotic dancer; and a theatrical performer. In several evocative narratives; Lockford uses this experimental methodology to rupture the conventional dichotomy of patriarchal versus feminist points of view; goading and challenging her audience as she breaches the borders of these typically opposed ideologies. She explores how both paradigms constrain women; but also how they are simultaneously enacted and subverted in the performances women play in their daily lives. Performing Femininity will be a provocative read for the student of feminist thought and for those researchers looking at innovative ways to produce and present their research.
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