Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   U. Vindhya
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge India
Weight:   0.530kg
ISBN:  

9781032261546

ISBN 10:   1032261544
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   03 April 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

1 Prologue: feminist critique of psychology – an overview of conceptual and methodological issues 2 The worlds of work and family: sites of collision, negotiation, and balance for women 3 Psychology of intersecting identities of caste, class, and gender 4 Beyond the heteronormative: non-normative sexualities and genders 5 Gender and mental health: prevalence and patterns of mental disorders, programme, and policy 6 Bridging the personal and the structural: can feminist counselling be a site of agency and empowerment? 7 Masculinities: a long way to go towards redefinition and transformation? 8 Empowerment and collective action: pathways to gender egalitarian social transformation 9 Post-script: in lieu of a conclusion References Index

Reviews

Author Information

U. Vindhya (PhD) is former Professor of Psychology, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad campus, India. Her research concerns are located in the interface of psychology and feminism, focusing on gender-based violence, women’s mental health, trafficking, and the psychology of women’s political activism. Her publications include the co-edited Handbook of International Perspectives on Feminisms: Psychology, Women, Culture and Rights (Springer), which won the 2012 Distinguished Publication Award from the Association for Women in Psychology (the United States). She has been a recipient of the Fulbright Visiting Lecturer Fellowship, the United States; South Asian Visiting Scholarship, Oxford University, the United Kingdom; and was Visiting Faculty, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary. She was past President of National Academy of Psychology (India).

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions