Gender in movement: The emergent versus the continuous

Dana Amir

doi:10.4324/9781003534440-16

Gender in movement: The emergent versus the continuous

Dana Amir

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Abstract

This chapter introduces an “Emergent” component of gender that exists in parallel with a “Continuous” component and suggests that alongside a continuous gender identity and gender identification, there exists a component characterised by its nonlinear, changing gender experience, based on incessant movement between the gender poles, and on the subject's taking different positions in and between them. The emergent component of gender joins the continuous component by constituting an additional dimension, which exists in parallel to it throughout every subject's life. These ideas are illustrated through a detailed analytic case and are discussed by two psychoanalysts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Gender, Identifications, and Identities
Subtitle of host publication	Dialogues at the Edges
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	142-153
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9781040382295
ISBN (Print)	9781032877785
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003534440-16
State	Published - 1 Jan 2025
Externally published	Yes

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© 2026 selection and editorial matter, Frances Thomson-Salo, Luca Bruno, and Eva Reichelt; individual chapters, the contributors.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Psychology
General Arts and Humanities
General Social Sciences

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