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Sexualities, Spaces and Leisure Studies (Hardcover): Jayne Caudwell, Kath Browne Sexualities, Spaces and Leisure Studies (Hardcover)
Jayne Caudwell, Kath Browne
R3,987 Discovery Miles 39 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This edited collection explores the important connections between sexualities, geographies and leisure studies. Chapters consider aspects of sport, leisure and tourism and show how sexualities are produced and reproduced within these spatial realms. The critical and interdisciplinary analyses-which are evident in the collection-focus on sexuality and the socio-cultural power relations produced through and in the spaces of leisure. These theoretical discussions are all informed by recent research findings and, importantly, extend existing debates within the fields of geography and leisure studies. A range of appropriate and relevant topics are covered, including critical debate on sexism, homophobic, heterosexism and heteronormativity as well as specific LGBT experiences of sport spectatorship, socialising, Mardi Gras and skiing. This book offers a unique collection and it is the first of its kind. This book was published as a special issue of Leisure Studies.

Sex Roles and the School (Hardcover): Sara Delamont Sex Roles and the School (Hardcover)
Sara Delamont
R3,986 Discovery Miles 39 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Schools reflect the society which surrounds them but they must also be agents of change. When first published, this book argued that, for a variety of reasons, schools and other educational institutions enforce a set of gender roles more rigid than those current in wider society, leading to a repetitive pattern of under-achievement, particularly amongst working class girls. The last decade has seen an explosion of research on gender and education and, in this updated edition, Sara Delamont examines new research findings and strategies for change, continuing to argue that both sexes lose out from sexist schooling.

Re-reading the Salaryman in Japan - Crafting Masculinities (Hardcover): Romit Dasgupta Re-reading the Salaryman in Japan - Crafting Masculinities (Hardcover)
Romit Dasgupta
R4,442 Discovery Miles 44 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In Japan, the figure of the suited, white-collar office worker or business executive salaryman (or, sarariiman), came to be associated with Japan s economic transformation following World War Two. The ubiquitous salaryman came to signify both Japanese masculinity, and Japanese corporate culture, and in this sense, the salaryman embodied the archetypal citizen .

This book uses the figure of the salaryman to explore masculinity in Japan by examining the salaryman as a gendered construct. Whilst there is a considerable body of literature on Japanese corporate culture and a growing acknowledgement of the role of gender, until now the focus has been almost exclusively on women in the workplace. In contrast, this book is one of the first to focus on the men within Japanese corporate culture through a gendered lens. Not only does this add to the emerging literature on masculinity in Japan, but given the important role Japanese corporate culture has played in Japan s emergence as an industrial power, Romit Dasgupta s research offers a new way of looking both at Japanese business culture, and more generally at important changes in Japanese society in recent years.

Based on intensive interviews carried out with young male private sector employees in Japan, this book makes an important contribution to the study of masculinity and Japanese corporate culture, in addition to providing an insight into Japanese culture more generally. As such it will be of great interest to students and scholars of Japanese studies, Japanese society and gender studies.

The Ethics of Sex - An Introduction (Paperback): Neil McArthur The Ethics of Sex - An Introduction (Paperback)
Neil McArthur
R1,163 Discovery Miles 11 630 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Each chapter provides real world examples of the issues discussed to enable students to focus their philosophical considerations on what is happening in the world around them. Pedagogical features include topics for further discussion and an extensive list of resources will be included at the end of each chapter to ensure that students have access to the most up to date debates on immigration. This hotly debated subject area is becoming increasingly discussed within by undergraduate and postgraduate students from a variety of disciplines and there is a definite need for a clear and concise introduction to the subject area, defining the key debates and ethical implications of the topic.

Dear Science and Other Stories (Paperback): Katherine McKittrick Dear Science and Other Stories (Paperback)
Katherine McKittrick
R644 Discovery Miles 6 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In Dear Science and Other Stories Katherine McKittrick presents a creative and rigorous study of black and anticolonial methodologies. Drawing on black studies, studies of race, cultural geography, and black feminism as well as a mix of methods, citational practices, and theoretical frameworks, she positions black storytelling and stories as strategies of invention and collaboration. She analyzes a number of texts from intellectuals and artists ranging from Sylvia Wynter to the electronica band Drexciya to explore how narratives of imprecision and relationality interrupt knowledge systems that seek to observe, index, know, and discipline blackness. Throughout, McKittrick offers curiosity, wonder, citations, numbers, playlists, friendship, poetry, inquiry, song, grooves, and anticolonial chronologies as interdisciplinary codes that entwine with the academic form. Suggesting that black life and black livingness are, in themselves, rebellious methodologies, McKittrick imagines without totally disclosing the ways in which black intellectuals invent ways of living outside prevailing knowledge systems.

Gender and the Politics of the Curriculum (Hardcover): Sheila Riddell Gender and the Politics of the Curriculum (Hardcover)
Sheila Riddell
R2,788 Discovery Miles 27 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book uses detailed case studies of two secondary schools to examine the relationship between curriculum choice and gender identity among fourteen-year-old pupils making their first choices about what subjects to pursue at exam level. It reveals a two way process. Pupils decisions on what subject to take are influenced by how they perceive themselves in gender terms, and the curriculum once chosen reinforces their sense of gender divisions. The author looks at the influences on pupils at this stage in their lives from peers, family and the labour market as well as from teachers. She argues that the belief in freedom of choice and school neutrality espoused by many teachers can become an important factor in the reproduction of gender divisions, and that unless the introduction of the national curriculum is accompanied by systematic efforts to eradicate sexism from the hidden curriculum it will fail in its aim of creating greater equality of educational opportunity among the sexes.

Islam, Family Life, and Gender Inequality in Urban China (Hardcover): Xiaowei Zang Islam, Family Life, and Gender Inequality in Urban China (Hardcover)
Xiaowei Zang
R4,297 Discovery Miles 42 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book studies the relationship between Islam, family processes, and gender inequality among Uyghur Muslims in r mchi, China. Empirically, it shows in quantitative terms the extent of gender inequalities among Uyghur Muslims in r mchi and tests whether the gender inequalities are a difference in kind or in degree. It examines five aspects of gender inequality: employment, income, household task accomplishment, home management, and spousal power. Theoretically, it investigates how Islamic affiliation and family life affect Uyghur women 's status.

Zang 's research involved rare and privileged access to a setting which is difficult for foreign scholars to study due to political restrictions. The data are drawn from fieldwork in r mchi between 2005 and 2008, which include a survey of 577 families, field observations, and 200 in-depth interviews with local Uyghurs. The book combines qualitative and quantitative data and methods to study gendered behavior and outcomes. The author 's study reinterprets family power and offers a more nuanced analysis of gender and domestic power in China and makes a pioneering effort to study spousal power, gender inequality in labor market outcomes, and gender inequality in household chores among members of ethnic minorities in China.

The book will be of interest to students and scholars of ethnic studies, Chinese studies, Asian anthropology and cultural sociology.

Nonviolent Resistances in the Contemporary World - Case Studies from India, Poland, and Turkey (Hardcover): Nalanda Roy Nonviolent Resistances in the Contemporary World - Case Studies from India, Poland, and Turkey (Hardcover)
Nalanda Roy
R1,520 Discovery Miles 15 200 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book: * Looks at non-violent resistances in South Asia, Middle East, Europe and Americas. * will be a must-read for scholars and researchers of politics, governance and public policy, gender, and human rights

Kin - Thinking with Deborah Bird Rose (Paperback): Thom Van Dooren, Matthew Chrulew Kin - Thinking with Deborah Bird Rose (Paperback)
Thom Van Dooren, Matthew Chrulew
R671 Discovery Miles 6 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The contributors to Kin draw on the work of anthropologist Deborah Bird Rose (1946-2018), a foundational voice in environmental humanities, to examine the relationships of interdependence and obligation between human and nonhuman lives. Through a close engagement over many decades with the Aboriginal communities of Yarralin and Lingara in northern Australia, Rose's work explored possibilities for entangled forms of social and environmental justice. She sought to bring the insights of her Indigenous teachers into dialogue with the humanities and the natural sciences to describe and passionately advocate for a world of kin grounded in a profound sense of the connectivities and relationships that hold us together. Kin's contributors take up Rose's conceptual frameworks, often pushing academic fields beyond their traditional objects and methods of study. Together, the essays do more than pay tribute to Rose's scholarship; they extend her ideas and underscore her ongoing critical and ethical relevance for a world still enduring and resisting ecocide and genocide. Contributors. The Bawaka Collective, Matthew Chrulew, Colin Dayan, Linda Payi Ford, Donna Haraway, James Hatley, Owain Jones, Stephen Muecke, Kate Rigby, Catriona (Cate) Sandilands, Isabelle Stengers, Anna Tsing, Thom van Dooren, Kate Wright

Internet Dating - Intimacy and Social Change (Paperback): Chris Beasley, Mary Holmes Internet Dating - Intimacy and Social Change (Paperback)
Chris Beasley, Mary Holmes
R1,209 Discovery Miles 12 090 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Internet Dating deals primarily with the experiences of UK and Australian daters, examining their online accounts to see what kinds of narratives, norms, emotions and 'chemistry' shape their dating. Has the emergence and growth of internet dating changed the dating landscape for the better? Most commentators, popular and academic, ask whether online dating is more efficient for individuals than offline dating. We prefer a socio-political perspective. In particular, the book illustrates the extent to which internet dating can advance gender and sexual equality. Drawing on the voices of internet daters themselves, we show that internet dating reveals how social change often arises in the unassuming, everyday and familiar. We also pay attention to often ignored older daters and include consideration of daters in Africa, Scandinavia, South America, Asia and the Middle East. Throughout, we explore the pitfalls and pleasures of men and women daters navigating unconventional directions towards more equitable social relations.

Writing Feminist Autoethnography - In Love With Theory, Words, and the Language of Women Writers (Paperback): Elizabeth... Writing Feminist Autoethnography - In Love With Theory, Words, and the Language of Women Writers (Paperback)
Elizabeth MacKinlay
R1,389 Discovery Miles 13 890 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Explores a range of key feminist writers and puts their theories to 'work' in doing autoethnography Written by a respected scholar in education and gender studies Lays out a prcatical framework for using feminist theory in autoethnographic work

Gender, Power, and Military Occupations - Asia Pacific and the Middle East since 1945 (Hardcover): Christine de Matos, Rowena... Gender, Power, and Military Occupations - Asia Pacific and the Middle East since 1945 (Hardcover)
Christine de Matos, Rowena Ward
R4,598 Discovery Miles 45 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Military occupations and interventions have a gendered impact on both those engaged in occupying, and those whose lands have been occupied, yet little has been published about this effect either historically or in contemporary times. This collection redresses this neglect by examining and analyzing the impact of occupation on men and women, both occupied and occupier, in a variety of geographical spaces from Japan to the Philippines to Iraq. The gendered perspectives offered are also intimately tied to analyses of power' how power is enacted by the occupier; how powerlessness is experienced by the occupied; how power is negotiated, shared, compromised, subverted, reclaimed; institutional power; and contested power in post-conflict societies. This collection covers a variety of geographical and period contexts in the Asia Pacific and Middle East since 1945, offering the reader a comparative view across time and space of post-WWII military occupations and interventions. The term military occupation' is interpreted broadly to include military interventions, the presence of military bases, and peacekeeping/post-conflict operations, allowing space to demonstrate that the lines between each definition are blurred. Including perspectives from established and emerging scholars, aid workers, and activists from around the world, this volume incorporates voices from those conducting research on and those with direct experience of military occupations and interventions.

Women's Work in the Unorganized Sector - Issues of Exploitation and Globalisation in the Beedi Industry (Paperback): Rekha... Women's Work in the Unorganized Sector - Issues of Exploitation and Globalisation in the Beedi Industry (Paperback)
Rekha Pande
R1,149 Discovery Miles 11 490 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book probes into the beedi industry, a highly gendered and class-divided unorganised sector in India. It introduces an analysis of the lives, health status and work of the Indian women and girl children in the industry and discusses the role of gender constructions, global capitalism, and global racism in shaping the ideologies and conceptions about men and women at work. The volume presents a gendered postcolonial perspective on women's employment in the context of social and economic processes that are critical to globalization. It focuses on Telangana's Nizamabad district - where a majority of the women population are employed in the beedi industry. Through detailed surveys and case studies, the author analyses different aspects of exploitation of these women such as poor working conditions, income inequalities, health risks and the realities of child labour in the process of beedi making. Richly detailed, this book will be of great interest to students, researchers and teachers of geography, particularly human geography and feminist geography, women and gender studies, feminism, labour economics, capitalism, development studies, political sociology, and cultural studies. It will also be of interest to gender and feminist geographers, occupational health professionals, NGOs, and those interested in the issues of gender and development.

A Linguistic Image of Womanhood in South Korea (Paperback): Jieun Kiaer, Jiyoung Shin A Linguistic Image of Womanhood in South Korea (Paperback)
Jieun Kiaer, Jiyoung Shin
R1,136 Discovery Miles 11 360 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book explores the K-wave, which is at peak global popularity currently. Cross-cultural perspective: this book looks at Korea's historical and linguistic links with other East Asian languages, particularly Japanese and Chinese. This book looks at Korean social history and how this has influenced popular culture today. The study of Korean language and cultural products has gained huge popularity in the last 5 years. This book is attractive to those studying Korean studies, linguistics, gender studies, and those interested in the K-Wave in general.

Female Immigrant Entrepreneurs - The Economic and Social Impact of a Global Phenomenon (Hardcover, New Ed): Daphne Halkias,... Female Immigrant Entrepreneurs - The Economic and Social Impact of a Global Phenomenon (Hardcover, New Ed)
Daphne Halkias, Paul Thurman, Sylva Caracatsanis, Nicholas Harkiolakis
R4,017 Discovery Miles 40 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A third of the world's entrepreneurial activity is driven by women. With the mass movement of people now commonplace, the role of female entrepreneurs in immigrant communities has become an increasingly important component of the world economy, its productivity, and the struggle against poverty. Throwing light on the dynamics of entrepreneurship generally, and on immigrant and female entrepreneurship in particular, the global Female Immigrant Entrepreneurship (FIE) project is a huge and exciting research undertaking. Written by the project's team of researchers based in prestigious business schools and universities on almost every continent, this important book begins the process of discovering why and how female driven business start-ups often seem to spontaneously emerge in adverse environments. Is it randomness, luck, or chance that determine success or failure, or vital critical forces and the inherent qualities of the women involved? The research emerging from the FIE project points to answers to questions about the integration of immigrant communities, their interaction with host economic and business environments, and the role of women in that interaction. With findings from more than fifteen countries, from the USA with some of the world's oldest and largest immigrant communities, to African countries that are the newest destination for Asian migrants, this book will help inform social and economic policy in communities and countries searching for prosperity. More than that, the book offers policy makers, business leaders, and those concerned with business development the chance to uncover some of the mystery around the complex phenomenon of entrepreneurship itself.

The Aftermath of Rape - Survivors Speak (Hardcover): Padma Bhate-Deosthali, Sangeeta Rege, Sanjida Arora The Aftermath of Rape - Survivors Speak (Hardcover)
Padma Bhate-Deosthali, Sangeeta Rege, Sanjida Arora
R1,544 Discovery Miles 15 440 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book documents the journey of the survivors of sexual violence as they navigate the gruelling criminal justice and health care systems and the stigma and hostility in their communities in the aftermath of the incident. Through personal narratives of survivors and their family members, the book examines critical gaps in the existing networks of criminal procedure, health, and rehabilitation for survivors of sexual violence and rape. Using qualitative research, it distills the narratives gathered through interviews with survivors and their family members to understand their experiences and offers. The book contributes to the corpus of literature on different forms of violence against women in India with an emphasis on understanding the effectiveness of institutions, both formal and informal, in responding to sexual violence, and offering suggestions for changes in the health and support systems available to them. It documents post-incident interactions of survivors with family, community, the police, courts, lawyers, and hospitals and highlights the impact of rape on physical and mental health, work, relationships, education and housing for survivors and their families. This book will be of interest to those engaged in providing support to survivors of sexual violence as well as students and researchers of social work and social policy, health and social care, law, gender studies, human rights and civil liberties, gender and sexuality, social welfare, and mental health.

Social Class, Gender and Exclusion from School (Hardcover): Jean Kane Social Class, Gender and Exclusion from School (Hardcover)
Jean Kane
R3,986 Discovery Miles 39 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Rising exclusion rates indicate the continuing marginalisation of many young people in education in the UK. Working-class boys, children living in poverty, and children with additional/special educational needs are among those experiencing a disproportionate rate of exclusion. This book traces the processes of exclusion and alienation from school and relates this to a changing social and economic context. Jean Kane argues that policy on schooling, including curricular reform, needs to be re-connected to the broad political pursuit of social justice, and presents compelling case studies of excluded pupils, showing the multi-faceted identities of pupils, with a particular focus on masculine and feminine identities. This invaluable contribution to the literature offers an alternative analysis where the social identities of pupils are shown to be tied up with their exclusion from school. Themes investigated include: the meanings of school exclusions social class, gender and schooling social identities of excluded pupils negotiating identities in school: moving towards exclusion exclusions and young people's lives improving participation in schooling. Providing fascinating reading for teachers, social workers, researchers and policy-makers this book considers how educational disadvantage might be addressed through recognition of the gender and class identities of pupils.

Participatory Research and Gender Analysis - New Approaches (Hardcover, annotated edition): Nina Lilja, John Dixon, Deborah Eade Participatory Research and Gender Analysis - New Approaches (Hardcover, annotated edition)
Nina Lilja, John Dixon, Deborah Eade
R2,649 Discovery Miles 26 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Agricultural development research aims to generate new knowledge or to retrieve and apply existing forms of knowledge in ways that can be used to improve the welfare of people who are living in poverty or are otherwise excluded, for instance by gender-based discrimination. Its effective application therefore requires ongoing dialogue with and the strong engagement of men and women from poor marginal farming communities.

This book discusses opportunities afforded by effective knowledge pathways linking researchers and farmers, underpinned by participatory research and gender analysis. It sets out practices and debates in gender-sensitive participatory research and technology development, concentrating on the empirical issues of implementation, impact assessment, and institutionalisation of approaches for the wider development and research community. It includes six full-length chapters and eight brief practical notes and is enhanced by an annotated resources list of relevant publications, organisations, and websites adding to the portfolio of approaches and tools discussed by the contributors. Most of the 33 contributing authors work in the specialised agencies that form part of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).

This book was published as a special issue of Development in Practice.

Judging and Emotion - A Socio-Legal Analysis (Paperback): Sharyn Roach Anleu, Kathy Mack Judging and Emotion - A Socio-Legal Analysis (Paperback)
Sharyn Roach Anleu, Kathy Mack
R1,208 Discovery Miles 12 080 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Judging and Emotion investigates how judicial officers understand, experience, display, manage and deploy emotions in their everyday work, in light of their fundamental commitment to impartiality. Judging and Emotion challenges the conventional assumption that emotion is inherently unpredictable, stressful or a personal quality inconsistent with impartiality. Extensive empirical research with Australian judicial officers demonstrates the ways emotion, emotional capacities and emotion work are integral to judicial practice. Judging and Emotion articulates a broader conception of emotion, as a social practice emerging from interaction, and demonstrates how judicial officers undertake emotion work and use emotion as a resource to achieve impartiality. A key insight is that institutional requirements, including conceptions of impartiality as dispassion, do not completely determine the emotion dimensions of judicial work. Through their everyday work, judicial officers construct and maintain the boundaries of an impartial judicial role which necessarily incorporates emotion and emotion work. Building on a growing interest in emotion in law and social sciences, this book will be of considerable importance to socio-legal scholars, sociologists, the judiciary, legal practitioners and all users of the courts.

The Life of Voices - Bodies, Subjects and Dialogue (Hardcover): B. Hannah Rockwell The Life of Voices - Bodies, Subjects and Dialogue (Hardcover)
B. Hannah Rockwell
R3,973 Discovery Miles 39 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Life of Voices illustrates how human voices have special significance as the place where mind and body collaborate to produce everyday speech. Hannah Rockwell links Russian semiotician Mikhail Bakhtin's philosophy of dialogue with French phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty's views of the relation between bodies and speech expression to develop a unique theory of communication and bodies. By introducing readers to actual human subjects speaking about how their identities have been shaped and transformed through time, the author explores how discourses reproduce ideology and social power relations. Readers are challenged to consider complex influences between human subjects and institutionalized discourses through critical-interpretive analyses of transcribed speech.

The Life of Voices has an interdisciplinary flair grounded in careful research. Scholars in communication, sociology, philosophy, psychology, linguistics, anthropology, gender studies and identity politics will find valuable insights, methods and examples in this work. It is essential reading for anyone who is interested in discourse studies and the body's relationship to speech or human identity formation.

Handbook on Gender and Violence (Hardcover): Laura J Shepherd Handbook on Gender and Violence (Hardcover)
Laura J Shepherd
R5,578 Discovery Miles 55 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Containing contributions from leading experts in the field, this Handbook explores the many ways gender and violence interact across different contexts and offers a range of disciplinary perspectives. This comprehensive work connects micro-level interpersonal violence to macro-level structural forms of violence across three discrete but interrelated sections: concepts, representations, and contexts. Part one considers the core concepts of gender and violence alongside related concepts including sex, sexualities, patriarchy, and security, elaborating on the research tools used within these areas. Part two investigates the different ways in which gender and violence are enacted through various representational practices, including film, policy, and online. The final part is devoted to the examination of gender and violence in a range of empirical settings, including different spheres of activity, from economic to juridical. Presenting an in-depth overview of the topic, this Handbook on Gender and Violence will be a key resource for researchers who are new to the study of gender and violence. More experienced academics will also benefit from the up-to-date insights on key research themes in the field. Contributors include: J. Auchter, D. Bandelli, R. Bleiker, K. Boyle, L. Broughton, C. Corradi, D. de Vos, D. Duriesmith, B. Fileborn, P. Griffin, J.J. Hagen, E. Hutchison, K. Kelly-Thompson, R. Krystalli, E. Lombardo, A.W. Lusvardi, S. Marcus, A. McDonnell, S. McDonnell, P. Meth, C. Montoya, J. Nagel, D. Otto, K. Quek, L. Rolandsen Agusti n, L.J. Shepherd, J. Spangaro, B. Swanton, S.L. Weldon, T. Wimpelmann, S. Yao, M. Zalewski

Victorian and Edwardian Anti-Feminism (Hardcover): Valerie Sanders, Lucy Delap Victorian and Edwardian Anti-Feminism (Hardcover)
Valerie Sanders, Lucy Delap
R30,256 Discovery Miles 302 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This new collection from Routledge and Edition Synapse provides the documentary backdrop to this growing critical interest in anti-feminism. Based on the premise that to understand the social and intellectual context of the women's movement and feminism, it is crucial that all contributions to the debate be explored, and not just those of the ?winning side?, the collection meets an urgent need to restore to the historical record a sense of how feminism was a deeply marginalized position, and to remember that anti-feminism in many cases better represents public opinion concerning the gender politics of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Reckoning with Slavery - Gender, Kinship, and Capitalism in the Early Black Atlantic (Paperback): Jennifer L. Morgan Reckoning with Slavery - Gender, Kinship, and Capitalism in the Early Black Atlantic (Paperback)
Jennifer L. Morgan
R726 Discovery Miles 7 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In Reckoning with Slavery Jennifer L. Morgan draws on the lived experiences of enslaved African women in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to reveal the contours of early modern notions of trade, race, and commodification in the Black Atlantic. From capture to transport to sale to childbirth, these women were demographically counted as commodities during the Middle Passage, vulnerable to rape, separated from their kin at slave markets, and subject to laws that enslaved their children upon birth. In this way, they were central to the binding of reproductive labor with kinship, racial hierarchy, and the economics of slavery. Throughout this groundbreaking study, Morgan demonstrates that the development of Western notions of value and race occurred simultaneously. In so doing, she illustrates how racial capitalism denied the enslaved their kinship and affective ties while simultaneously relying on kinship to reproduce and enforce slavery through enslaved female bodies.

Narrative Portraits in Qualitative Research (Paperback): Edgar Rodriguez-Dorans Narrative Portraits in Qualitative Research (Paperback)
Edgar Rodriguez-Dorans
R1,256 Discovery Miles 12 560 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Narrative Portraits in Qualitative Research offers an analytical approach to qualitative data. Through narrative portraiture, research findings can be contextualised in broader social narratives without losing sight of the unique personal qualities of the research encounter. Drawing a parallel between the artistic work of a portrait maker in depicting a subject - sometimes an object - and the work of the researcher in exploring people's experiences, narrative portraiture invites a close-up into a person's narrated and embodied experience and argues that one of the main research findings in qualitative research is the person themselves; their circumstances, and their life story. The book proposes four approaches to narrative portraiture: (1) a systematic approach to narrative analysis, (2) the use of phronesis in narrative portraiture, (3) the concept of 'imagined portraits' as a collaborative approach between visual arts and social sciences, and (4) the use of 'performative portraits' both as an analytic tool and product for research communication. This book will help qualitative researchers create first-person narratives that will give a glimpse into the participants' lives in a way that is simultaneously deep, concise, and evocative. This book will be suitable for those interested in narrative methods and qualitative research in health care, education, and the social sciences.

Gender Inequalities in the 21st Century - New Barriers and Continuing Constraints (Paperback): Jacqueline Scott, Rosemary... Gender Inequalities in the 21st Century - New Barriers and Continuing Constraints (Paperback)
Jacqueline Scott, Rosemary Crompton, Clare Lyonette
R1,144 Discovery Miles 11 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Both women and men strive to achieve a work and family balance, but does this imply more or less equality? Does the persistence of gender and class inequalities refute the notion that lives are becoming more individualised? Leading international authorities document how gender inequalities are changing and how many inequalities of earlier eras are being eradicated. However, this book shows there are new barriers and constraints that are slowing progress in attaining a more egalitarian society. Taking the new global economy into account, the expert contributors to this book examine the conflicts between different types of feminisms, revise old debates about ?equality? and ?difference? in the gendered nature of work and care, and propose new and innovative policy solutions. This path-breaking book makes essential reading for all those interested in the intersections of class, family and employment in the 21st century. Students and researchers of sociology, gender studies and social policy, as well as practitioners and policy-makers interested in work?family balance, will find this book invaluable.

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