Feminist Psychologies

ISBN-13: 9781032261546 / Twarda / 2024 / 240 str.

U. Vindhya

Opis

This book aims to be a comprehensive resource that will apprise readers to the complex dynamics of the psychological interiors of women and others in the sex and gender spectrum grappling with socio-political and cultural constraints.

Spis treści

1. Prologue: Feminist critique of psychology: An overview of conceptual and methodological issues 2. The worlds of family and work: Sites of collision, negotiation, and balance for women 3. Psychology of intersecting identities of caste, class and gender 4. Beyond the heteronormative: Non-normative sexualities and genders 5. Gender and mental health: Prevalence and patterns of mental disorders, programmes and policy 6. Bridging the personal and the structural: Can feminist counselling be a site of empowerment? 7. Masculinities: A long way to go towards redefinition and transformation? 8. Empowerment and collective action: Challenging power relations and pathways to gender egalitarian social transformation 9. Post-script: In lieu of a conclusion. References. Index

O autorze

U. Vindhya, PhD is a former Professor of Psychology, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad campus. Her research concerns are located in the interface of psychology and feminism, focusing on gender-based violence; women’s mental health; trafficking; and the psychology of women’s political activism. Her publications include the co-edited Handbook of International Perspectives on Feminisms: Psychology, Women, Culture and Rights (Springer) which won the 2012 Distinguished Publication Award from the Association for Women in Psychology (USA). She has been a recipient of the Fulbright Visiting Lecturer Fellowship, USA; South Asian Visiting Scholarship, Oxford University; and was Visiting Faculty, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary. She was a past President of National Academy of Psychology (India).