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This chapter examines how the university can facilitate the embodiment of queer masculinities. Through comparing case studies of two women who worked in the carpentry trade, I explore the importance of feminism as a resource for women at work, particularly those working in male-dominated areas. Universities have been an important site for feminist education and activism. For the two cases discussed, the feminist knowledge gained at university facilitated a particularly intellectual moment in Connell’s body reflexive practice, a moment in which the gendered body engaging at work was simultaneously the feminist body intellectually engaging in reflection on itself. I argue that this reflexivity is necessary for queer embodiment and allows women in particular forms of work to embody a queer masculinity.
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Smith, L. (2012). Trading Gender: University Spaces as a Facilitator for Transgressive Embodiment of Women in Male-Dominated Trades. In: Landreau, J., Rodriguez, N. (eds) Queer Masculinities. Explorations of Educational Purpose, vol 21. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2552-2_12
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