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This volume seeks to redress the balance of masculinity by examining the grammars of gender as these are acted out in the dialogues of Higher Education. Gender roles, whether of dominance or of marginality, are seen here as being negotiated simultaneously within texts and in the social performances of the classroom. Working through a number of short case studies, this book will be at once a contribution to the scholarship of teaching and to the debate on gender in culture.
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Masculinities in Text and Teaching Edited by Ben Knights Masculinities in Text and Teaching Also by Ben Knights ACTIVE READING: Transformative Writing into Literary Studies (2006, with Chris Thurgar-Dawson) FROM READER TO READER: Theory, Text and Practice in the Study Group (1992) THE IDEA OF THE CLERISY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (1978) THE LISTENING READER: Fiction and Poetry for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (1995) WRITING MASCULINITIES: Male Narratives in Twentieth-Century Fiction (1999) Masculinities in Text and Teaching Edited by Ben Knights Introduction, selection and editorial matter © Ben Knights 2008 Individual chapters © contributors 2008 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2008 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN-13: 978 0 230 00341 5 hardback ISBN-10: 0 230 00341 9 hardback This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham and Eastbourne Contents Preface vii Acknowledgements viii Notes on Contributors ix 1 Masculinities in Text and Teaching Ben Knights 2 Training to be an English Teacher: Negotiating Gendered Subjectivities and the Gendered Curriculum as Inter-linked Cultural Processes Wayne Martino 1 37 3 Queer Teaching/Teaching Queer: Renaissance Masculinities and the Seminar Mark Dooley 59 4 Charlotte Dacre’s Nymphomaniacs and Demon-Lovers: Teaching Female Masculinities Ranita Chatterjee 75 5 Masculinity and Modernism: Teaching D.H. Lawrence Robert Burden 6 Gender and Narrative Form Ruth Page 90 109 7 Bois will be Bois: Masculinity and Pedagogy in the Gay and Lesbian Studies Classroom Dennis W. Allen 126 8 Invisible Men: Rea