Abstract
This essay addresses the silences and anxieties provoked by the gendering of English Studies as a subject taught by men to women. I reflect on my own experience as a female student and lecturer within a subject which has been ‘professionalised’ by males. The geographical and social context within which I teach – the South Wales Valleys, a post-industrial, post-Devolution area with high male unemployment – offers particular challenges in relation to the of women’s writing. The few male students who take such modules often find their gender made ‘visible’ in ways which can provoke a range of behaviours suggesting anxieties about gender and class in relation to ‘English’
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 31 - 37 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Arts and Humanities in Higher Education |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2011 |
Keywords
- gendering english studies
- masculinity
- teaching
- feminism
- women's writing
- nationality
- class
- gender