Gendering women identity and mental wellbeing through the lifecourse
Engaging and accessible, 'Gendering Women' explores the constructions of femininity and how they fundamentally affect women's mental well-being through the life course. Drawing on accounts from women of growing up and growing older in the north of England, it shows how experiences of...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Bristol
Policy Press
2014, 2014
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | Engaging and accessible, 'Gendering Women' explores the constructions of femininity and how they fundamentally affect women's mental well-being through the life course. Drawing on accounts from women of growing up and growing older in the north of England, it 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 |
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Physical Description: | vii, 271 pages |
ISBN: | 9781447311645 |