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A feminist phenomenological description of depression in low-income South African womenDukas, Carla Justine 04 1900 (has links)
Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2014. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A review of the past decade of literature on the subject of depression in South African
women revealed a paucity of research that documents the perspectives of low-income
women who have been diagnosed with depression. Informed by this and recent feminist
critiques of the concept of depression, this study aimed to bring traditionally overlooked
perspectives to the fore by providing rich descriptions of the subjectively lived
experience of depression, as recounted by low-income women themselves. This feminist
phenomenological study took place in a poor, rural community in the Western Cape
Province of South Africa. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with ten
low-income women who had been diagnosed with depression. The transcribed
interviews were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. A number of
important findings emerged. Firstly, participants were seen to express somatic
complaints ahead of (and more frequently than) disclosures of sadness. Secondly,
participants often described experiencing their psychological distress as anger, anxiety
and a changed sense of self. Thirdly, participants generally attributed these experiences
(and their overall distress) to a history of childhood trauma, the loss of important
relationships, being physically, sexually or emotionally abused, feeling under supported
and overburdened by multiple responsibilities, living in dangerous communities, and/or
the various consequences of poverty. Finally, it was observed that while symptoms of
suicidal ideation and intent were present in many of the women interviewed, strong
religious and cultural norms existed and generally functioned to silence and deny the
subject. Overall, the women’s subjective experiences, understandings and descriptions
of depression allowed a more complex picture to emerge than that which is currently
offered by mainstream biomedical models. Consequentially, the current
conceptualisation of the term “depression” was deemed to be inadequate, specifically
because it does not fully capture low-income women’s experiences of distress, and also
because it tends to obscure the possible impact of socio-economic and political contexts
on their mental health. Implications of these findings include firstly, that not only does
the diagnosis of depression serve to medicalise women’s misery, but it may
simultaneously serve to obscure their feelings of anger, anxiety, sadness, hopelessness
and other symptoms of distress that are intrinsically linked to their disadvantageous
social and living conditions. Secondly, the findings indicate that the use of traditional
diagnostic and suicide assessment interviews may be unhelpful or even irresponsible in
some South African contexts. Finally, many of the study findings warrant further
investigation and psychological research. Recommendations to this end are thus
included and stress the need to use theoretical perspectives and research methodologies that are sensitive to the multilayered, complex psychological experiences of depression
in low-income women. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: ’n Oorsig van die afgelope dekade se literatuur oor depressie by Suid-Afrikaanse vroue
dui op ’n gebrek aan navorsing oor die perspektiewe van vroue uit lae-inkomstegroepe
wat met dié toestand gediagnoseer word. Na aanleiding hiervan sowel as onlangse
feministiese kritiek op die konsep van depressie, was hierdie studie dus daarop
toegespits om tradisioneel miskende perspektiewe na vore te bring deur middel van ’n
ryke beskrywing van die subjektiewe ervaring van die lewe met depressie soos vroue uit
lae-inkomstegroepe self daarvan vertel. Hierdie feministiese fenomenologiese studie is
in ’n arm, landelike gemeenskap in die provinsie Wes-Kaap, Suid-Afrika, onderneem.
Semigestruktureerde diepte-onderhoude is gevoer met tien vroue in die laeinkomstekategorie
wat met depressie gediagnoseer is. Die getranskribeerde onderhoude
is op vertolkende fenomenologiese wyse ontleed. ’n Aantal belangrike bevindinge is
gemaak. Eerstens het die meeste deelnemers somatiese klagtes gehad voordat (en meer
dikwels as wat) hulle oor hul neerslagtigheid en terneergedruktheid gepraat het.
Tweedens het heelwat deelnemers hul sielkundige nood as woede, angs en ’n gewysigde
selfbeskouing beskryf. Derdens het die vroue merendeels hul ervarings (en hul algehele
nood) aan ’n geskiedenis van kindertrauma, die verlies van belangrike verhoudings,
fisiese, seksuele of emosionele mishandeling, ’n gebrek aan ondersteuning tesame met
’n oormaat verantwoordelikhede, hul gevaarlike woonbuurte en/of die verskillende
gevolge van armoede toegeskryf. Laastens is waargeneem dat hoewel die ideasie en
voorneme van selfdood wél as simptome by baie van die respondente opgemerk is, daar
terselfdertyd sterk godsdienstige en kulturele norme bestaan waarvolgens dié onderwerp
oor die algemeen doodgeswyg en ontken word. In die geheel skets die vroue se
subjektiewe ervarings, begrippe en beskrywings van depressie ’n meer komplekse
prentjie as wat hoofstroom- biomediese modelle tot dusver gebied het. Dus blyk die
huidige konseptualisering van die term ‘depressie’ onvoldoende te wees, veral omdat dit
nie die ervarings en nood van vroue uit lae-inkomstegroepe ten volle vasvang nie, en
ook geneig is om die moontlike impak van sosio-ekonomiese en politieke kontekste op
dié vroue se geestesgesondheid te misken. Die implikasies van hierdie bevindinge sluit
eerstens in dat die diagnose van depressie nie net hierdie vroue se nood ‘medikaliseer’
nie, maar terselfdertyd dalk ook hul gevoelens van woede, angs, hartseer, hopeloosheid
en ander simptome van nood wat ten nouste met hul minderbevoorregte maatskaplike en
lewensomstandighede verband hou, verberg. Tweedens dui die bevindinge daarop dat
die gebruik van tradisionele diagnostiese en selfdoodevalueringsonderhoude in sekere Suid-Afrikaanse kontekste nutteloos en selfs onverantwoordelik kan wees. Laastens
regverdig baie van die studie se bevindinge verdere ondersoek en sielkundige navorsing.
Aanbevelings in hierdie verband word dus ingesluit, en beklemtoon onder meer die
behoefte aan teoretiese perspektiewe en navorsingsmetodologieë wat gevoelig is vir die
meervlakkige, komplekse sielkundige ervarings van depressie by vroue uit laeinkomstegroepe.
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Sobre psicologias e psicoterapias feministas no Brasil e em PortugalSilva, Marília Saldanha da January 2018 (has links)
Neste estudo busquei pensar que psicologias se mesclaram com vertentes do feminismo dentro de uma perspectiva histórica para refletir sobre o que algumas autoras têm denominado psicologia feminista, bem como, psicoterapia feminista. Ajustei o foco sobre os conhecimentos produzidos no encontro dos saberes, psicologia e feminismo. Para me apropriar do campo problemático brasileiro tomei dois caminhos iniciais. O primeiro mais descritivo constituiu-se num percurso histórico para me situar sobre as ações dos movimentos feministas na relação com os centros de referência para mulheres em situação de violência e sobre os embasamentos teóricos das práticas psicológicas nestas políticas públicas. O segundo caminho foi um estudo exploratório que se baseou numa revisão não-sistemática em revistas feministas, revistas de psicologia e nas bases de dados Web of Science e Scopus para identificar se no campo acadêmico estava se produzindo artigos sobre psicologias feministas. A reflexividade que foi sendo construída até aqui conduziu à experiência do estágio doutoral no Núcleo de Pesquisa em Gênero, Diversidade e Sexualidade na Universidade do Porto. Com a imersão na realidade acadêmica portuguesa desenvolvi outro estudo exploratório sobre a posição das psicologias feministas no campo acadêmico português e das psicoterapias feministas por meio do contato com quatro pesquisadoras envolvidas com a temática. Deste modo, para poder produzir reflexões sobre o contexto brasileiro, três pesquisadoras envolvidas com psicologia feminista no Brasil também foram entrevistadas. Esta pesquisa não se constituiu num estudo comparativo e sim numa análise deste circuito, desta rede enunciativa luso-brasileira e o que dá sentido para a afirmação e/ou identificação com uma psicologia feminista respeitando as lógicas diferenciadas da Psicologia, assim como, o campo da psicologia social e da psicoterapia de cada país que são distintas. No que tange à metodologia, me apoiei na análise arquegenealógica de Michel Foucault para tomar os discursos na sua exterioridade e buscar as condições de possibilidade para a emergência de psicologias/psicoterapias feministas nos países estudados. Sem buscar verdades, psicologias ou psicoterapias mais verdadeiras que outras busquei me referir aos discursos constitutivos destas práticas enquanto produções históricas. / In this study I tried to think which psychologies have merged with feminist strands within a historical perspective to reflect on what some authors have called feminist psychology as well as feminist psychotherapy. I focused on the knowledge produced in the meeting of knowledge, psychology and feminism. To take ownership of the problematic Brazilian field I took two initial paths. The first was a more descriptive historical route to situate me about the actions of the feminist movements in the relation with the centers of reference for women in situation of violence and on the theoretical bases of the psychological practices in these public policies. The second path was an exploratory study that relied on a non-systematic review in feminist journals, psychology journals, and the Web of Science and Scopus databases to identify whether articles on feminist psychologies were being produced in the academic field. The reflexivity that has been built so far has led to the experience of the doctoral stage in the research group on Gender, Diversity and Sexuality at the University of Porto. With the immersion in Portuguese academic reality I developed another exploratory study on the position of feminist psychologies in the Portuguese academic field and feminist psychotherapies through the contact with four researchers involved with the subject. Thus, in order to produce reflections on the Brazilian context, three researchers involved with feminist psychology in Brazil were also interviewed. This research was not constituted in a comparative study but in an analysis of this circuit, of this enunciative Luso-Brazilian network and what gives meaning to the affirmation and / or identification with a feminist psychology respecting the differentiated logics of Psychology, as well as, the field of social psychology and psychotherapy of each country that are distinct. With regard to methodology, I relied on the archegenealogical analysis of Michel Foucault to take the discourses in their exteriority and seek the conditions of possibility for the emergence of feminist psychologies / psychotherapies in the countries studied. Without seeking truths, psychologies or psychotherapies more truthful than others, I have tried to refer to the discourses constituting these practices as historical productions.
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Unlabeled sexual experiences quilting stories and re-envisioning discourses /Koelsch, Lori E. January 2008 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Miami University, Dept. of Psychology, 2008. / Title from second page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-132).
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Mother-infant bonding; theory and practice.Bertrand, Lynda Caroll, Carleton University. Dissertation. Sociology and Anthropology. January 1996 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1996. / Also available in electronic format on the Internet.
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Understanding ourselves through dreamwork women finding significance in the stories and images of dreams /Finocan, Gillian M. January 2005 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--Miami University, Dept. of Psychology, 2005. / Title from first page of PDF document. Document formatted into pages; contains [1], iv, 53 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-56).
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Sobre psicologias e psicoterapias feministas no Brasil e em PortugalSilva, Marília Saldanha da January 2018 (has links)
Neste estudo busquei pensar que psicologias se mesclaram com vertentes do feminismo dentro de uma perspectiva histórica para refletir sobre o que algumas autoras têm denominado psicologia feminista, bem como, psicoterapia feminista. Ajustei o foco sobre os conhecimentos produzidos no encontro dos saberes, psicologia e feminismo. Para me apropriar do campo problemático brasileiro tomei dois caminhos iniciais. O primeiro mais descritivo constituiu-se num percurso histórico para me situar sobre as ações dos movimentos feministas na relação com os centros de referência para mulheres em situação de violência e sobre os embasamentos teóricos das práticas psicológicas nestas políticas públicas. O segundo caminho foi um estudo exploratório que se baseou numa revisão não-sistemática em revistas feministas, revistas de psicologia e nas bases de dados Web of Science e Scopus para identificar se no campo acadêmico estava se produzindo artigos sobre psicologias feministas. A reflexividade que foi sendo construída até aqui conduziu à experiência do estágio doutoral no Núcleo de Pesquisa em Gênero, Diversidade e Sexualidade na Universidade do Porto. Com a imersão na realidade acadêmica portuguesa desenvolvi outro estudo exploratório sobre a posição das psicologias feministas no campo acadêmico português e das psicoterapias feministas por meio do contato com quatro pesquisadoras envolvidas com a temática. Deste modo, para poder produzir reflexões sobre o contexto brasileiro, três pesquisadoras envolvidas com psicologia feminista no Brasil também foram entrevistadas. Esta pesquisa não se constituiu num estudo comparativo e sim numa análise deste circuito, desta rede enunciativa luso-brasileira e o que dá sentido para a afirmação e/ou identificação com uma psicologia feminista respeitando as lógicas diferenciadas da Psicologia, assim como, o campo da psicologia social e da psicoterapia de cada país que são distintas. No que tange à metodologia, me apoiei na análise arquegenealógica de Michel Foucault para tomar os discursos na sua exterioridade e buscar as condições de possibilidade para a emergência de psicologias/psicoterapias feministas nos países estudados. Sem buscar verdades, psicologias ou psicoterapias mais verdadeiras que outras busquei me referir aos discursos constitutivos destas práticas enquanto produções históricas. / In this study I tried to think which psychologies have merged with feminist strands within a historical perspective to reflect on what some authors have called feminist psychology as well as feminist psychotherapy. I focused on the knowledge produced in the meeting of knowledge, psychology and feminism. To take ownership of the problematic Brazilian field I took two initial paths. The first was a more descriptive historical route to situate me about the actions of the feminist movements in the relation with the centers of reference for women in situation of violence and on the theoretical bases of the psychological practices in these public policies. The second path was an exploratory study that relied on a non-systematic review in feminist journals, psychology journals, and the Web of Science and Scopus databases to identify whether articles on feminist psychologies were being produced in the academic field. The reflexivity that has been built so far has led to the experience of the doctoral stage in the research group on Gender, Diversity and Sexuality at the University of Porto. With the immersion in Portuguese academic reality I developed another exploratory study on the position of feminist psychologies in the Portuguese academic field and feminist psychotherapies through the contact with four researchers involved with the subject. Thus, in order to produce reflections on the Brazilian context, three researchers involved with feminist psychology in Brazil were also interviewed. This research was not constituted in a comparative study but in an analysis of this circuit, of this enunciative Luso-Brazilian network and what gives meaning to the affirmation and / or identification with a feminist psychology respecting the differentiated logics of Psychology, as well as, the field of social psychology and psychotherapy of each country that are distinct. With regard to methodology, I relied on the archegenealogical analysis of Michel Foucault to take the discourses in their exteriority and seek the conditions of possibility for the emergence of feminist psychologies / psychotherapies in the countries studied. Without seeking truths, psychologies or psychotherapies more truthful than others, I have tried to refer to the discourses constituting these practices as historical productions.
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Sobre psicologias e psicoterapias feministas no Brasil e em PortugalSilva, Marília Saldanha da January 2018 (has links)
Neste estudo busquei pensar que psicologias se mesclaram com vertentes do feminismo dentro de uma perspectiva histórica para refletir sobre o que algumas autoras têm denominado psicologia feminista, bem como, psicoterapia feminista. Ajustei o foco sobre os conhecimentos produzidos no encontro dos saberes, psicologia e feminismo. Para me apropriar do campo problemático brasileiro tomei dois caminhos iniciais. O primeiro mais descritivo constituiu-se num percurso histórico para me situar sobre as ações dos movimentos feministas na relação com os centros de referência para mulheres em situação de violência e sobre os embasamentos teóricos das práticas psicológicas nestas políticas públicas. O segundo caminho foi um estudo exploratório que se baseou numa revisão não-sistemática em revistas feministas, revistas de psicologia e nas bases de dados Web of Science e Scopus para identificar se no campo acadêmico estava se produzindo artigos sobre psicologias feministas. A reflexividade que foi sendo construída até aqui conduziu à experiência do estágio doutoral no Núcleo de Pesquisa em Gênero, Diversidade e Sexualidade na Universidade do Porto. Com a imersão na realidade acadêmica portuguesa desenvolvi outro estudo exploratório sobre a posição das psicologias feministas no campo acadêmico português e das psicoterapias feministas por meio do contato com quatro pesquisadoras envolvidas com a temática. Deste modo, para poder produzir reflexões sobre o contexto brasileiro, três pesquisadoras envolvidas com psicologia feminista no Brasil também foram entrevistadas. Esta pesquisa não se constituiu num estudo comparativo e sim numa análise deste circuito, desta rede enunciativa luso-brasileira e o que dá sentido para a afirmação e/ou identificação com uma psicologia feminista respeitando as lógicas diferenciadas da Psicologia, assim como, o campo da psicologia social e da psicoterapia de cada país que são distintas. No que tange à metodologia, me apoiei na análise arquegenealógica de Michel Foucault para tomar os discursos na sua exterioridade e buscar as condições de possibilidade para a emergência de psicologias/psicoterapias feministas nos países estudados. Sem buscar verdades, psicologias ou psicoterapias mais verdadeiras que outras busquei me referir aos discursos constitutivos destas práticas enquanto produções históricas. / In this study I tried to think which psychologies have merged with feminist strands within a historical perspective to reflect on what some authors have called feminist psychology as well as feminist psychotherapy. I focused on the knowledge produced in the meeting of knowledge, psychology and feminism. To take ownership of the problematic Brazilian field I took two initial paths. The first was a more descriptive historical route to situate me about the actions of the feminist movements in the relation with the centers of reference for women in situation of violence and on the theoretical bases of the psychological practices in these public policies. The second path was an exploratory study that relied on a non-systematic review in feminist journals, psychology journals, and the Web of Science and Scopus databases to identify whether articles on feminist psychologies were being produced in the academic field. The reflexivity that has been built so far has led to the experience of the doctoral stage in the research group on Gender, Diversity and Sexuality at the University of Porto. With the immersion in Portuguese academic reality I developed another exploratory study on the position of feminist psychologies in the Portuguese academic field and feminist psychotherapies through the contact with four researchers involved with the subject. Thus, in order to produce reflections on the Brazilian context, three researchers involved with feminist psychology in Brazil were also interviewed. This research was not constituted in a comparative study but in an analysis of this circuit, of this enunciative Luso-Brazilian network and what gives meaning to the affirmation and / or identification with a feminist psychology respecting the differentiated logics of Psychology, as well as, the field of social psychology and psychotherapy of each country that are distinct. With regard to methodology, I relied on the archegenealogical analysis of Michel Foucault to take the discourses in their exteriority and seek the conditions of possibility for the emergence of feminist psychologies / psychotherapies in the countries studied. Without seeking truths, psychologies or psychotherapies more truthful than others, I have tried to refer to the discourses constituting these practices as historical productions.
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Depressed women's emotional experiences of the mother-child relationship : perspectives from a low-income South African communityLourens, Marleen 04 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2014. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The present research study formed part of a larger longitudinal project concerned with
low-income South African women’s subjective experiences of depression (Lourens &
Kruger, 2013). The present study specifically focussed on how depressed women
experienced their relationships with their children. The study aimed to provide a descriptive
overview of how one group of depressed South African mothers experience their
relationships with their children, as well as to compare the findings with existing literature.
Therefore, the scope of this study does not include in-depth analyses of findings.
While numerous researchers have examined and identified the important negative
effects of depression in mothers on children during the past decade, a very limited number of
studies have been focussed on the opposite direction of the depressed mother-child
relationship. Very few studies have explored how relationships with their children may
influence the development and subjective experience of depression and emotional distress in
mothers, as well as, on the other hand, may protect against depression and emotional distress
(Dix & Meunier, 2009; Greig & Howe, 2001; Leung & Slep, 2006; Rishel, 2012; Turney,
2012). The present study attempted to address this gap in the literature.
The feminist social constructionist perspective was utilised as theoretical framework
(De Vos, Strydom, Fouché, & Delport, 2011). Consistent with social constructionism, the
study was conducted within the qualitative research paradigm (De Vos et al., 2011).
Convenience sampling was used to recruit participants most suitable for the aims of the study
(APA Dictionary of Psychology, 2007). Data were collected by means of in-depth semi-structured interviews. A semistructured
interview schedule was utilised as data collection instrument. Each interview was
recorded by video camera, as well as by voice recorder, in order to ensure back-up
recordings. The interviews were then transcribed. Social constructionist grounded theory
was used to analyse the data (Charmaz, 1995).
The results indicated that the depressed women and children in this study seem to be
different from the stereotype of the depressed mothers and children in the literature.
Depressed mothers are typically portrayed in the literature as not able to form a close and
secure bond with their children, while the children of depressed mothers are almost always
portrayed in the literature as showing behavioural and emotional problems, as well as being
“parentified” (Coyne & Thompson, 2011; Dix & Meunier, 2009; Turney, 2012). Although
the depressed women in the present study did report child factors which contributed to their depression, they - to the contrary - also emphasised that their children are an important
protective factor against their experience of depression. The participants also highlighted that
they have the ability to be protective, supportive and caring towards their children, despite
their depressive symptoms. The majority of depressed women also described a “very good”
mother-child relationship. As such, the participants in the present study showed us a brighter
picture of the depressed mother-child relationship. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie navorsingstudie het deel gevorm van ‘n groter longitudinale projek wat op
lae-inkomste Suid-Afrikaanse vroue se subjektiewe ervarings van depressie gerig was
(Lourens & Kruger, 2013). Die huidige studie was spesifiek gerig op hoe depressiewe vroue
hul verhoudings met hul kinders ervaar. Hierdie studie het ten doel gehad om ‘n
beskrywende oorsig te voorsien van hoe een groep depressiewe Suid-Afrikaanse vroue hul
verhoudings met hul kinders ervaar, asook om die bevindinge te vergelyk met bestaande
literatuur. Om hierdie rede sluit die omvang van hierdie studie nie ‘n diepgaande analise van
bevindinge in nie.
Terwyl talle navorsers die belangrike newe-effekte van moeders se depressie in terme
van hul kinders gedurende die laaste dekade ondersoek het, is ‘n baie beperkte aantal studies
op die teenoorgestelde rigting van die depressiewe moeder-kind verhouding gerig. Slegs ‘n
paar studies het hoe verhoudings met hul kinders die ontwikkeling en subjektiewe ervaring
van depressie in moeders kan beïnvloed, ondersoek, of daarteenoor, hoe dit die moeder kan
beskerm teen depressie (Dix & Meunier, 2009; Greig & Howe, 2001; Leung & Slep, 2006;
Rishel, 2012; Turney, 2012). Die huidige studie het gepoog om hierdie gaping in die
literatuur aan te spreek.
Die sosiaal konstruksionistiese feministiese perspektief is as teoretiese raamwerk
gebruik (De Vos, Strydom, Fouché, & Delport, 2011). In ooreenstemming met sosiale
konstruksionisme, is hierdie studie binne die kwalitatiewe navorsingsparadigma uitgevoer
(De Vos et al., 2011). Gerieflikheid steekproeftrekking is gebruik om die mees gepaste
deelnemers vir die doelstellings van hierdie studie te werf (APA Dictionary of Psychology,
2007). Data is deur middel van in-diepte semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude ingesamel. ‘n
Semi-gestruktureerde onderhoudskedule is as data-insamelingsinstrument gebruik. Elke
onderhoud is op videokamera, sowel as op band opgeneem, ten einde meer as een opname
van elke onderhoud te verseker. Die onderhoude is getranskribeer. Data-analise het
plaasgevind deur van sosiale konstruksionistiese gegronde teorie gebruik te maak (Charmaz,
1995).
Die resultate het aangedui dat die depressiewe vroue en hul kinders in hierdie studie
verskil van die stereotipe van depressiewe moeders en hul kinders in die literatuur.
Depressiewe moeders word in die literatuur tipies voorgestel asof hulle nie in staat is om ‘n
naby en veilige binding met hul kinders te vorm nie, terwyl die kinders van depressiewe moeders amper altyd in literatuur met gedrags- en emosionele probleme voorgestel word
(Coyne & Thompson, 2011; Dix & Meunier, 2009; Turney, 2012). In teendeel – alhoewel
die depressiewe vroue in die huidige studie wel gerapporteer het dat hul kinders bydra tot hul
depressie – het hulle ook klem geplaas op die feit dat hul kinders ‘n belangrike beskermende
faktor is teen hul ervaring van depressie. Die depressiewe vroue het ook beklemtoon dat
hulle die vermoë het om beskermend en ondersteunend teenoor hul kinders te wees, ten spyte
van hul depressiewe simptome. Die meerderheid deelnemers het ook ‘n “baie goeie”
verhouding met hul kinders beskryf. As sodanig, het die depressiewe vroue in die huidige
studie vir ons ‘n helderder prentjie van die depressiewe moeder-kind verhouding getoon.
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Vardagens könsinnebörder under förhandling : om arbete, familj och produktion av kvinnlighet / Everyday negotiations of gender : work, family and the production of femininityMagnusson, Eva January 1998 (has links)
The subject of this study was Swedish women's experiences of their everyday lives as lived between the demands of work and family. Twenty female civil servants were interviewed six times each over a three and a half year period when their work places underwent organizational changes. One purpose of the study was to investigate how women while managing everyday demands reproduce or transform the meanings of gender in their own lives. A second purpose was to discuss the impact of these processes on women's self-understandings and ways of relating to power and issues of gender equality, as well as the meanings of "femininity" in their lives. The repeated semi-structured interviews were analysed using two qualitative approaches: the first focused on the ways individual women understood and negotiated their everyday lives. It yielded four main areas of negotiation: the personal biography as a dynamic context in which a woman understands her experiences; the balancing between work and family generally managed by women; women's often somewhat ambiguous personal fit at work; and the striving for subject positions at work. In the second approach discourse analysis was used to study how gender is locally reproduced or transformed from personal experiences set in specific discursive contexts. Modes of understanding were in focus; i.e. the different ways women may integrate experiences as parts of their sense of self, depending mainly on social positionings. Important discursive themes were the women's self-presentations, their experiences of gender equality and power differentials, and their ways of relating to femininity. The dissertation also discusses the types of psychological theory best suited to the historically changeable contents of "femininity", in contrast to its more stable relational qualitites of subordination vs. superordination, and argues for theory situated in a feminist social constructionist framework. / digitalisering@umu
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"How did I get this lucky?" : issues of power, intimacy and sexuality in the construction of young women's identities within their heterosexual relationshipsMcEwen, Caryn January 2006 (has links)
This thesis seeks to explore how young, educated and seemingly liberated women construct their identities and make sense of their futures around their heterosexual relationships. Using the experiences of eight women participants engaged in long-term heterosexual relationships, combined with relevant secondary literature, issues of sexuality, identity, power and intimacy are discussed. Emphasis is placed on the implications of their identity construction and how they 'perform' their roles as women in society. How their sexual stories reflect their positioning in society is premised by the phrase, 'the personal is political' . Through analysis of the participants' experiences mixed with theoretical arguments, this thesis finds that young women are apparently sexually, economically and intellectually liberated but locked into discourses that provide highly unequal, limiting, disempowering and oppressive understandings of masculinity, femininity and sexuality. They live and experience a reality which is far from liberated.
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