Research in Outdoor Education
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p.157-158. 2p.
Abstract
A major premise of this study is that gender is a system as well as a part of individual actions. Giddens (1999) described systems as "reproduced relations between actors or collectivities, organized as regular social practices" (p. 127). If one does not see gender as a category, but as a process that structures identity, behavior, and social norms, Giddens' definition of a system may easily be applied to gender. The study was begun with this understanding and a desire to look inside the gender system, as it operated within and through an outdoor adventure program for adolescents, and to explore the relationship between gender and power within this setting.
Recommended Citation
Pinch, Katherine J.
(2006)
"Power Plays: Nerdy Boys and Influential Girls "Playing" in the Outdoors,"
Research in Outdoor Education: Vol. 8, Article 21.
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https://digitalcommons.cortland.edu/reseoutded/vol8/iss1/21