Alexander

Alexander

Synthesis

For Jonathan Alexander's article, "Transgender Rhetorics:(Re)Composing Narratives of the gendered Body", there were only a few articles that I could really relate him to.  The articles that I can relate him to are the ones that we have been reading recently.  The first article would be Flynn's article.  I would relate them to each other because of the fact that Flynn talks about the feminist inquiry and all about feminism which relates to Alexander because he also talks about feminism.  I would also connect Alexanders article to Malinowitz.  I would connect them because she talks about gay and lesbian discourses and Alexander also does.

I like this quote because it explains what the whole article is going to be about and gives you a little overview.	"This essay attempts to demonstrate how transgender theories can inspire pedagogical methods that complement feminist compositionist pedagogical apporches to understanding the narration of gender as a social construct" (195)
I like this quote because he is talking about a "queer feminist" and that brings Malinowitz and Flynn's articles together.	"As a queer feminist compositionist, I have given a lot of thought to the relationships among narrative, identity, gender, and the teaching of writing." (195)
Turning our attention to multivalent force of gender in subtle and profound ways.	"Sullivan's work thus argued that gender is a multivalent force that has an impact on composing in both subtle and profound ways, and she maintained that we should turn attention to an examination of that impact." (197)
Seeing how different genders write, is a possibility for respecting that specific gender.	"Seeing writing as possibility for respecting gender, as opposed to revealing of a fundamental gender, is a significant shift in thinking about the composition of gender." (197)
I like this quotes because it closely relates with Malinowitz because of the talk of sexuality and how sexuality intersects with gender.	"Most recently, composition scholarship is this vein has grappled with issues not only of gender but also of sexuality, recognizing that sexuality intersects with and complicates our understanding of gender." (198)
Gender swapping has given opportunities to explore useful insights about gender and sexuality.	"I am not sure that our narratives of gender  swapping and transition were necessarily helping liberate participants from gender norms, even though I believe they offered us opportunities to explore useful insights." (212)

Thoughts

Alexander's article is very interesting.  I really liked that it related with several articles that we have recently read about.  He kind of bring sexuality and feminism together in his article.