Abstract

In this part that incorporates both chapters 3 and 4, I will shift my focus from the authors’ reconstructions of their historical-spiritual background to those factors that are often perceived as somewhat given or essential: the influence of language and the body on their identity constructions. However, inspired in a way by Judith Butler, who regards sex as a practice that (re-)produces the gender “identities” it governs (1993:1), I build on the thought that language and body are “practices” that have decisive influence on subjects’ cultural self-perceptions—which in turn have their effect on speech and appearance.

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