Women across cultures : common issues, varied experiences / Hilary M. Lips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lips, Hilary M., author.

Series:

Elements in psychology and culture 2515-3986.

Cambridge elements. Elements in psychology and culture, 2515-3986

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Social conditions--Cross-cultural studies.

Women.

Women--Social conditions.

Women--Economic conditions.

Women--Economic conditions--Cross-cultural studies.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (72 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Psychology's study of women has revealed some themes that span cultures and countries, yet women's lived experiences in different cultures can be dramatically different. This Element explores, from a psychological perspective, women's issues in cultural contexts. Beginning with the question of public and private identity (id est, who 'counts' as a woman), it goes on to examine embodiment, sexuality, reproduction, family roles, economic participation and power, violence, leadership, and feminist activism. It concludes with a brief discussion of women's complicated relationship to culture: as both keepers and sometimes prisoners of cultural traditions - particularly in the context of migration to different cultures. Running through the Element are two general themes: the pervasiveness of a gender hierarchy that often privileges men over women, and the ways in which women's lived experience varies within cultures according to the intersection of gender with other categories that affect expectations, norms, power and privilege.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Feb 2021).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781108874366

Access Restriction:

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