The emergence of postfeminist identities in higher education. Neoliberal dynamics and the performance of gendered subjectivities.

Autor/in	Atta, Eleftheria
Titel	The emergence of postfeminist identities in higher education. Neoliberal dynamics and the performance of gendered subjectivities.
Quelle	Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge (2021)Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	Routledge studies in education, neoliberalism and Marxism
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	9780367555139 (gebundene Ausgabe); 9780367555160 (Taschenbuch); 9781003093831 (E-Book)
Schlagwörter	Zypern; Feminism and higher education; Cyprus; Neoliberalism; Sex differences in education; Education, Higher; Social aspects; Erziehung + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Feminism; Higher education; Feminismus; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Zypern; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Sex difference; Sex Differences; Education; Geschlechtsunterschied; Bildung; Erziehung; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Universität; Social behavior; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten
Abstract	Foreword / by Miriam E. David -- Understanding the impact of neoliberalism on the education sector -- Neoliberal discourses and their influence on academic subjectivities -- Neoliberalism, postfeminism and subjectivity -- Applying a psychosocial lens in research with academics -- Researching with academics on gendered subjectivities -- Neoliberal ideals in higher education in Cyprus : the implications for gendered academic identities and the emergence of new identity spaces -- Diversification of higher education in Cyprus : the implications for gendered academic identities and the emergence of new identity spaces. "By drawing on qualitative research conducted in universities in Cyprus, this book presents an account of life in the academy from a feminist perspective. In doing so, the texts uncovers new, gendered identities emerging as a result of neoliberal and postfeminist discourses in Higher Education. Adopting a psychosocial lens, and drawing on theories of affect and performativity, this volume explains academics' responses to growing levels of stress, anxiety, precarity and competition in their professional environment. Chapters offer rich observation of how academic staff and faculty negotiate aspects of femininity and masculinity within the academy, and so highlights the performance of 'gendered academic subjectivities' as a way in which academics deal with increasing pressures and anxiety. Ultimately proposing a typography of emergent, affective identities including industry academics, fossilized, family, and wanna-be academics, the volume yields important insights into the current workings of higher education, and shows the personal and professional impacts of neoliberal dynamics. This volume will prove to be a useful resource for researchers and high-level scholars in the fields of education, sociology of education, and gender studies. More generally, scholars and academics with an interest in the changing face of contemporary higher education will find this book informative"--Provided by publisher.
Erfasst von	Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Update	2021/1/01