Gendering Women: Identity and Mental Wellbeing Through the Lifecourse

ISBN-13: 9781847426772 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 280 str.

Suzanne Clisby; Julia Holdsworth

Opis

Engaging and accessible, "Gendering Women" explores the constructions of femininity and how they fundamentally affect women s mental well being through the lifecourse. Drawing on accounts from women of growing up and growing older in the north of England, the book shows how experiences of becoming and being a woman in family life, education, employment, motherhood, and in the presence of violence both enable and erode self-confidence and self-esteem. The volume draws a critical link between contemporary gender theory and the lived experiences of women today and will appeal to students and scholars in sociology and the broader social sciences."

Spis treści

Gendering, inequalities, and the limits of policy; Gendering women’s minds: identity, confidence and mental wellbeing; Gendering girls, gendering boys: identities in process; Gendering and engendering violence in women’s everyday lives; Gendering education: the paradox of success versus status; Gendering reproduction: women’s experiences of motherhood and mental wellbeing; Gendering women’s labour: status, esteem and inequality in paid and unpaid work; Conclusions: The embodied infrastructure of women’s spaces, gender awareness, and the capacity for change