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This book explores the diverse landscapes wherein women struggle
for their personal and social identities and lives, between biology
and culture, destiny and choice, shared and individual worlds,
tradition and modernity. Their "peripheral lives" have "central
meaning" (Chaudhary, this volume) in any society - and as such are
approached as a primary subject in this book, as the chapters
traverse ten different countries on three continents: North America
(United States); Latin America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia); Asia
(India); and Europe (United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, Finland,
Estonia). Throughout these different places, women's lives are an
interesting stage for observing the interaction between biology and
culture (e.g. sex vs. gender; pregnancy and childbirth vs.
transition to motherhood). The focus on the cultural variability of
human experience opens the door for the search of commonalities so
needed in psychological theorizing. Here, this search is directed
by how cultural models of womanhood (and motherhood) constrain
personal experiences, especially through developmental transitions.
This book is, ultimately, an opportunity to approach women's lives
from the perspective of the women themselves, particularly making
audible and explicit their voices and the axis of logic that
structures their world. Undoubtedly, it is a valuable opportunity
for women and men interested in understanding and constructing
human experience inside better worlds.
This book explores the diverse landscapes wherein women struggle
for their personal and social identities and lives, between biology
and culture, destiny and choice, shared and individual worlds,
tradition and modernity. Their "peripheral lives" have "central
meaning" (Chaudhary, this volume) in any society - and as such are
approached as a primary subject in this book, as the chapters
traverse ten different countries on three continents: North America
(United States); Latin America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia); Asia
(India); and Europe (United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, Finland,
Estonia). Throughout these different places, women's lives are an
interesting stage for observing the interaction between biology and
culture (e.g. sex vs. gender; pregnancy and childbirth vs.
transition to motherhood). The focus on the cultural variability of
human experience opens the door for the search of commonalities so
needed in psychological theorizing. Here, this search is directed
by how cultural models of womanhood (and motherhood) constrain
personal experiences, especially through developmental transitions.
This book is, ultimately, an opportunity to approach women's lives
from the perspective of the women themselves, particularly making
audible and explicit their voices and the axis of logic that
structures their world. Undoubtedly, it is a valuable opportunity
for women and men interested in understanding and constructing
human experience inside better worlds.
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