The Psychology of Women under Patriarchy

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-0-8263-6083-0
Verlag: University of New Mexico Press

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series

In the #MeToo era, US women continue to struggle with whether or not to report sexual harassment, while women living in parts of rural Pakistan and Mexico try to pursue educational and employment opportunities without directly refusing parental wishes for them to marry. Despite rapidly changing social and economic conditions worldwide, patriarchal practices remain remarkably widespread and persistent. Noting the need to move beyond a dichotomy of accommodation and resistance, the Contributors to this volume draw upon field research and in-depth qualitative data from different parts of the world to explore the reasons for women's varied psychological responses to patriarchy. These feminist scholars bridge preexisting divides between bio-psychological, sociological, and cultural perspectives to explain the ways that women's desires, goals, and identities interact with culturally situated systems in order to develop more complex theories about the psychological underpinnings of patriarchy and to inform more socially progressive policies to improve the lives of women and men globally.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines

Über Autor(innen)

Holly F. Mathews is a professor of anthropology at East Carolina University with a theoretical background in cognitive anthropology as applied to the study of gender roles and gender ideology.

Adriana M. Manago is an assistant professor of developmental psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, specializing in adolescence and the transition to adulthood.