Feeling Gender: A Generational and Psychosocial Approach
Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen
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Description for Feeling Gender: A Generational and Psychosocial Approach
Hardback. Exploring how feelings about gender have changed over three interrelated generations of women and men during the 20th century, this book explores how experiences are connected, what is continued, what triggers changes. It looks at how new feelings of gender gradually change gender norms from within, and how they contribute to new social practices. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book explores how feelings about gender have changed over three interrelated generations of women and men of different social classes during the twentieth century. The author explores the ways in which generational experiences are connected, what is continued, what triggers gradual or abrupt changes between generations - and between women and men within these generations. The book explores how new feelings of gender gradually change gender norms from within, and how they contribute to the incremental creation of new social practices. ... Read more
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book explores how feelings about gender have changed over three interrelated generations of women and men of different social classes during the twentieth century. The author explores the ways in which generational experiences are connected, what is continued, what triggers gradual or abrupt changes between generations - and between women and men within these generations. The book explores how new feelings of gender gradually change gender norms from within, and how they contribute to the incremental creation of new social practices. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349950812
SKU
V9781349950812
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99-15
About Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen
Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen is Professor at the Centre for Gender Research at the University of Oslo, Norway. She also holds an adjunct professorship at Aalborg University, Denmark and is the head of the National PhD School in Gender Studies in Norway.
Reviews for Feeling Gender: A Generational and Psychosocial Approach
Bjerrum Nielsen (Centre for Gender Research, Norway) uses in-depth, qualitative interviews with three generations of participants from Norway to understand their feelings and expressions of gender. ... Of potential use to scholars and advanced graduate students, the book, overall, is a welcome addition to the literature. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students/faculty/specialists. (Y. Besen-Cassino, Choice, Vol. 55 (3), November, 2017) ... Read more