Confidence culture / Shani Orgad & Rosalind Gill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orgad, Shani, 1972- author.

Gill, Rosalind (Rosalind Clair), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self-esteem in women.

Self-confidence.

Women--Psychology.

Women.

Women--Conduct of life.

Confidence.

Feminism.

feminism.

Medical Subjects:

Feminism.

Physical Description:

xii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"In Confidence Culture, Shani Orgad and Rosalind Gill argue that imperatives directed at women to "love your body" and "believe in yourself" imply that psychological blocks hold women back rather than entrenched social injustices. Interrogating the prominence of confidence in contemporary discourse about body image, workplace, relationships, motherhood, and international development, Orgad and Gill draw on Foucault's notion of technologies of self to demonstrate how "confidence culture" demands of women near-constant introspection and vigilance in the service of self-improvement. They argue that while confidence messaging may feel good, it does not address structural and systemic oppression. Rather, confidence culture suggests that women-along with people of color, the disabled, and other marginalized groups-are responsible for their own conditions. Rejecting confidence culture's remaking of feminism along individualistic and neoliberal lines, Orgad and Gill explore alternative articulations of feminism that go beyond the confidence imperative"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Body Confidence

Confidence at Work

Confident Relating

The "Double Whammy" of the Confidence Culture: Mothering

Confidence without Borders

Beyond Confidence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-227) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Orgad, Shani, 1972- Confidence culture

ISBN:

9781478014539

1478014539

9781478017608

1478017600

OCLC:

1246353424