This book developed out of a course I have been teaching since 1996 at the University of the West of England, called Gender and Sexuality in Film and Television. I would like to thank all the students with whom I have discussed the programmes and issues included here. Their insights and diversity of responses have […]
День: 29.08.2015
DISCOVERING
DEVELOPMENT Myths and Stereotypes about Aging We are surrounded by misconceptions of older adults. We have all seen cartoons making jokes about older adults whose memories are poor or whose physical abilities have declined. Most damaging are the ideas portrayed in the media that older adults are incapable of leading productivelives and making a […]
EXPLORING THE. MANAGED HEART
The one area of her occupational life in which she might be “free to act,” the area of her own personality, must now also be managed, must become the alert yet obsequious instrument by which goods are distributed. — C. Wright Mills In a section in Das Kapital entitled “The Working Day,” Karl Marx examines […]
Perspectives on Adult Development and Aging
LEARNING OBJECTIVES • What is gerontology? How does ageism relate to stereotypes of aging? • What is the life-span perspective? • What are the characteristics of the older adult population? • How are they likely to change? R oberto’s great-grandmother Maria is 89 years old. Maria tells Roberto that when she was a young girl […]
Gender and Education in China
It is always a pleasure to express appreciation for support and encouragement one has received from individuals and institutions during the arduous process of writing a scholarly book. The seeds of this particular project were first sown some time ago when a grant from the Leverhulme Trust and financial assistance from the British Council enabled […]
ANNETTE BURFOOT. SUSAN LORD
On 4 October 2004 Amnesty International released Stolen Sisters: Discrimination and Violence against Indigenous Women in Canada: A Summary of Amnesty International’s Concerns. The summary states: A shocking 1996 Canadian government statistic reveals that Indigenous women between the ages of 25 and 44, with status under the Indian Act, were five times more likely than […]
Cultural Studies Series
Cultural Studies is the multi — and interdisciplinary study of culture, defined anthropologically as a “way of life,” performatively as symbolic practice, and ideologically as the collective product of media and cultural industries, i. e., pop culture. Although Cultural Studies is a relative newcomer to the humanities and social sciences, in less than half a […]
THE EMERGENCE OF POSTFEMINISM
The use of the concept of postfeminism is problematic for two reasons, which need to be clarified: first, the widespread ‘popular’ conception of postfeminism as a result of the appropriation of the term by the media; and second, the uneven development of postfeminism as a movement expressing change, and the resulting chronological and geographical distinctions […]
Acknowledgments
Warm thanks to those who helped: To Jeffrey and Judie Klein for their bracing but loving advice on a misty first draft; to Todd Gitlin for unfolding and hanging out my ideas with me; to Anne Machung for her support and wondrous line-by-line work in red ink; and to Ann Swidler who has shown me […]
Same-Sex Marriages
This book is about formalised same-sex relationships — what in the UK are legally termed ‘civil partnerships’ and what in the media and everyday life are termed ‘gay marriages’. Our aim is to show how younger generations of same-sex couples, who see their lives and relationships as relatively ordinary, have responded to new opportunities for […]