Becoming women at school. Critical Notes about gender identities

Abstract

In this article we aim at approaching a set of discussions concerning the concept of gender identity, recovering the analyzes produced over two fieldwork researches carried out in Córdoba, Argentina. We show how different groups of young women assume situational generic positions that do not necessarily state a contradiction. These positions are rather contingent to the extent in which they depend on the identity demands that emerge at different interaction scenarios, even at a unique field as school. In sum, from the analysis of situated social relations we develop considerations about identities as plural and situational constructions in transformation.