| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 281 pages) : illustrations (colour) |
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Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education |
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Palgrave studies in gender and education.
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| Contents |
Inventive methods of the intimate insider : possibilities for feminist research -- Cruel measures : genered excellence in research -- Academics online : reflections on gendered precarity and digital (self) surveillance -- Academic conferences : collegiality and competition -- Unruly academic women : laughter, affect and resistance -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
This book investigates the gendered dimensions of academic life in the contemporary Australian university. It examines key discourses - most notably academic performativity and identity - through a feminist lens, and scrutinises how discourses of neoliberalism and feminism are entangled in the structure, systems, operations and cultures of the university. Drawing on in-depth qualitative interviews with academic women in Australia, the author uses a mix of experimental methods to emphasise the performative and discursive decisions women make with regard to their academic careers. In doing so, this book reveals how women themselves generate neoliberal and feminist shifts, how they manage the contradictions they produce, and how they carve spaces of influence and authority. Moving towards a re-evaluation of existing discourses, this book offers new insights into gender inequality in the Australian university in neoliberal times |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Women in higher education -- Australia
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Women college teachers -- Australia
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Gender studies, gender groups.
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Higher & further education, tertiary education.
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Education.
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Sociology.
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Careers guidance.
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Social Science -- Gender Studies.
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Education -- Higher.
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Education -- Philosophy & Social Aspects.
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Social Science -- Sociology -- General.
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Education -- Counseling -- Vocational Guidance.
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Education -- General.
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Women in higher education
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Women college teachers
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Australia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783030450625 |
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3030450627 |
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