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Opting Out and In - On Women's Careers and New Lifestyles (Hardcover)
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Opting Out and In - On Women's Careers and New Lifestyles (Hardcover)
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Opting Out and In: On women's careers and new lifestyles introduces
a new perspective and definition of opting out that better reflects
contemporary issues and lifestyles. The book offers a timely and
comprehensive analysis of the phenomenon of women leaving
high-powered careers, adding to current debates on opting out. It
investigates the themes of globalization, individualization and the
age of high modernity and addresses issues of how gender, in the
context of what it means to be a mother and career woman in a
masculinist society, affects decisions to opt out. In contrast to
previous debates, the definition of opting out is broadened to
include leaving prevalent masculinist notions of career to adopt
alternative ways of working. To better understand the identity
issues and inner workings of the women who opt out, opting out is
critically examined through three lenses: agency and autonomy;
gender, femininity and the maternal; and, finally, concepts of
reinvention. These three areas of inquiry all raise and
problematize relevant issues that are present in women's lives, and
that have a deep and defining effect on concepts of the self. The
book includes the narratives of six women, interwoven with in-depth
social theory and relevant debates. Written in an engaging and
accessible style, Opting Out and In will strongly appeal to
researchers and practitioners alike, working in areas such as
social theory, globalization, feminist studies and identity
studies.
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