Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Personal and Institutional Contexts of American Gender Identity

芝加哥大学博士生J.Ckristafer Baker将在朱迪思·法夸尔博士的指导下，研究美国文化上接受的男性性别观念的个人结构和制度结构之间的关系。以前关于性别认同的研究揭示了个人和主流(制度化)理解之间的紧张关系，这引发了文化规范起源的问题。这项研究旨在为回答这个问题做出贡献。研究将在加利福尼亚州北部进行。研究方法将包括参与不同身份男子的社会和政治生活、人种学访谈、对医疗和法律管理的档案研究以及监测新闻和大众媒体。该项目的总体目标是调查性别类别的构建和维持的微观过程，以及它们如何与法律、医疗、心理治疗、社会服务和教育实践相联系。这项研究将对理解文化规范的来源做出重要的理论贡献，这对制定适当的文化政策和法规也具有重要意义。资助这项研究还支持社会科学家的教育。

University of Chicago doctoral student, J. Ckristafer Baker, supervised by Dr.Judith Farquhar, will undertake research on the relationship between personal and institutional constructions of culturally accepted ideas of male gender in the United States. Previous research on gender-identification reveals a tension between personal and mainstream (institutionalized) understandings, raising the question of where cultural norms originate. The research is designed to contribute to answering that question.The research will be carried out in northern California. Research methodologies will include participation in the social and political life of differently identified men, ethnographic interviews, archival research into medical and legal management, and monitoring news and popular media. The overarching goal of this project is to investigate the microprocesses by which gender categories are constructed and maintained, and how they connect to legal, medical, psychotherapeutic, social-service, and educational practices.The research will make important theoretical contributions to understanding the sources of cultural norms, which has significance for developing appropriate cultural policy and regulation, as well. Funding this research also supports the education of a social scientist.