Being Married, Doing Gender : A Critical Analysis of Gender Relationships in Marriage

ISBN-13: 9780415165594 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 176 str.

Caroline Dryden

Opis

In this psychological study of women in heterosexual relationships, the author examines the social context of their experiences and emotional struggles. The text places case study material in the context of the power balance between women and men. It finds that there are contradictions between stereotypical gender roles and the maintenance of an equal partnership that can cause problems for both women and men. The text should be valuable to students studying psychology or gender and women's studies and to marriage guidance counsellors and psychotherapists.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 A Feminist Psychological Approach to Marriage Research; Chapter 2 A Feminist Biography of Married Couples; Chapter 3 Wives and the Struggle to Construct Relational Equality; Chapter 4 Husbands and the Struggle to Defend Relational Inequality; Chapter 5 Marital Identity Versus Gender Identity — a Crisis for Husbands; Chapter 6 The Wasteland at the Crossroads of a Marriage; conclusion;

O autorze

Caroline Dryden is a senior lecturer in communication studies and psychology in the School of Cultural Studies at Sheffield Hallam University.