Description

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Engaging and accessible, Gendering Women explores the constructions of femininity and how they fundamentally affect women’s mental well being through the lifecourse. Drawing on accounts from women of growing up and growing older in the north of England, the book shows how experiences of becoming and being a woman—in family life, education, employment, motherhood, and in the presence of violence—both enable and erode self-confidence and self-esteem. The volume draws a critical link between contemporary gender theory and the lived experiences of women today and will appeal to students and scholars in sociology and the broader social sciences.

About the Author

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Suzanne Clisby is director of postgraduate gender studies and a lecturer in social sciences at the University of Hull.

Julia Holdsworth combines university-based research and teaching in the social sciences with research and community development work both in the United Kingdom and abroad; gender issues are central to much of this work.

Praise For…

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“Utterly timely. Challenging discourses of post feminism, this book returns us to the voices of women on the lived realities of their everyday lives. Highly recommended.”

— Kathleen Lennon, University of Hull

​ ​"A well written and timely book on the important issue of women's identity and mental illness, across the life course, which will interest those researching in diverse disciplines."

— Victoria Robinson, Sheffield University