{"product_id":"9783032319753","title":"Cultural Psychology of Gender Identity","description":"\u003ch3\u003eSpringerBriefs in Psychology SpringerBriefs in Psychology and Cultural Developmental Science\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eCultural Psychology of Gender Identity\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGiuseppina Marsico | Maria Virginia Machado Dazzani\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePsychology \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edited book analyzes the meaning making process related to gender identity and its performative dimension. We come to life with a body that immediately becomes a cultural body. The identity construction as well as the entire I-other-world relationship is symbolically marked out by socio-historical-cultural expectations related to gender. Based on the sexual organ, newcomers are immersed in a symbolic plot differently entangled for “boys” and for “girls”, through which borders are established to demarcate what is allowed to feel, think and act in the world. Using the theoretical perspective of Cultural Psychology of Semiotic Dynamics, emphasis in the analysis will be given to the concept of border, in order to explore the affective-semiotic dynamics of what the masculine and the feminine mean in our society and the role they play in our psychological functioning. The contributions in this volume focus on the notion of border and its permeability to understand the non-binary gender performativity in different social settings. A central concept in Cultural Psychology is, indeed, the idea that masculine and feminine, when treated as rigid categories, are limiting and repress what is situated in between them. Such process of amplification of the gender category demands the identification of new tensions that go beyond the classic masculinity versus femininity dichotomy. This volume focuses on the semiotic processes in the phenomena related to gender identity and, in such a way, it aims at filling the existing gap in the understanding of the psychological dimension of gender expression. This may provide useful guidelines for psychological interventions in different socio-cultural settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiuseppina (Pina) Marsico, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Development and Educational Psychology at the University of Salerno (Italy), Visiting Professor at Ph.D Programme in Psychology, Federal University of Bahia, (Brazil), Associate Professor II at University of Oslo and Associate Researcher at Aalborg University (Denmark). She is Past President of the American Psychological Association-Division 52 Society for a Global Psychology and Past President of the European Society of Psychology Learning and Teaching (ESPLAT). She is Editor-in-chief of the Book Series Cultural Psychology of Education (Springer), Latin American Voices (Springer), co-editor of SpringerBriefs Psychology and Cultural Developmental Sciences (together with Jaan Valsiner), co-editor of Global South Visions (Springer) (togheter with Jaan Valsiner) and Annals of Cultural Psychology: (InfoAge Publishing, N.C., USA). She is also co-editor of Human Arenas (Springer) Trends in Psychology (Springer) and of the Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology. She is the co-founder (together with Jaan Valsiner) of the Global South Network of Cultural Psychology and of the European Hub of Cultural Psychology. She is also the President of the Jaan Valsiner Foundation. University Beyond Borders. Her academic tracks and list of publications include two complementary lines of investigations: 1) an educational-focused research activity where prof. Marsico is the leading figure of the new field of Cultural Psychology of Education that promotes research upon the most innovative and culturally sensitive experiences in psychology learning and teaching worldwide; 2) a cultural oriented interdisciplinary perspective based on both theoretical and empirical investigation, focusing on the borders as a new ontogenetic perspective in psychology and other social sciences. Prof. Marsico has established a new research field called Developmental Mereotopology.   \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMaria Virginia Machado Dazzani, Ph.D. is Associate Professor at the Institute of Psychology of the Federal University of Bahia. Bachelor's in Psychology (Universidade Federal da Bahia, 1994), master's in Education (Universidade Federal da Bahia, 2000), Ph.D in Education (Universidade Federal da Bahia, 2004), both with CAPES scholarship. She carried out a research internship (CAPES) from 2002-2003 at Purdue University (Indiana, United States), a postdoctoral internship at Clark University, United States (CAPES \/ 2009-2010 and CNPq \/ 2015-2016,), under the supervision of Professor. Dr. Jaan Valsiner and Michael Bamberg, respectively. She is professor in the Programas de Pós-graduação em Psicologia e Educação, both from the Federal University of Bahia, and coordinator of the research group entitled Investigations in Cultural Psychology: Culture, Language, Transitions and Developmental Trajectories (CULTS \/ UFBA). She is a member of the Center for Studies on Development and Cultural Contexts \/ CNPq of which she is the leader. She is a member of the School and Educational Psychology WG (ANPEPP) and currently a member of the Springer (New York) Scientific Committee on the Book Series on Cultural Psychology of Education. She has experience in the area of School and Educational Psychology, acting on the following subjects: family-school-community relationship, psychosocial and educational dynamics in contexts of poverty, school complaints, knowledge and learning. Her research experience lies at the interface between Semiotic-Cultural Developmental Psychology and Education. She is interested in the study of development in cultural contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24 October 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032319753\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50450179096716,"sku":"9783032319753","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032319753.jpg?v=1780595035","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783032319753","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}