240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

Geographies of New Femininities examines the emergence of contemporary constructions of femininity in a global context. It asks whether these femininities are new and suggests that current celebrations of diversity in the lived experience and performance of women's identities are largely Euro-centric. Through four in-depth case studies Geographies of New Femininities illustrates how constructions... Read more
1. Introduction.
2. Changing Worlds? Changing Femininities?
3. Methodologies for Mapping Geographies of Multiple Feminine Identities.
4. Opportunities and Contradictory Space? .
5. Reluctant Westerners.
6. Merely Diffferent Cultures of Mothering?.
7. Negotiating Stereotypes.
8. New Femininities & Negotiations of Geographies.
9. Conclusions: New Femininities?

Biography

Laurie, Nina; Dywer, Claire; Holloway, Sarah L.; Smith, Fiona