Academic Women in Neoliberal Times (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)

This book investigates the gendered dimensions of academic life in the contemporary Australian university. It examines key discourses - most notably academic performativity and identity - through a feminist lens, and scrutinises how discourses of neoliberalism and feminism are entangled in the structure, systems, operations and cultures of the university. Drawing on in-depth qualitative interviews with academic women in Australia, the author uses a mix of experimental methods to emphasise the performative and discursive decisions women make with regard to their academic careers. In doing so, this book reveals how women themselves generate neoliberal and feminist shifts, how they manage the contradictions they produce, and how they carve spaces of influence and authority. Moving towards a re-evaluation of existing discourses, this book offers new insights into gender inequality in the Australian university in neoliberal times.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education
Release date:	June 2021
First published:	2020
Authors:	Briony Lipton
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	281
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-045064-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Universities / polytechnics Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	3-03-045064-3
Barcode:	9783030450649

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