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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Reconceptualizing reflexivity and dissonance in professional and personal domains |
Author: | Brooks, A. |
Citation: | British Journal of Sociology, 2008; 59(3):539-559 |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Issue Date: | 2008 |
ISSN: | 0007-1315 1468-4446 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Ann Brooks |
Abstract: | Debates around 'reflexivity' and the construction of the gendered self within late modernity have occupied the attention of both 'reflexive modernization' theorists (Beck, Giddens and Lash 1994; Beck and Beck-Gernsheim 1996; Giddens 1991, 1992) as well as gender and feminist theorists. While theorists such as Beck and Giddens have been preoccupied with establishing the connection between reflexivity and the construction of the 'non-gendered' self, gender and feminist theorists have sought to amplify the debate by exploring the intersecting nexus of contemporary theorizing, more fully within this context. This paper explores the theoretical underpinnings of these debates and their application to specific professional and personal domains. I consider three case studies to assess these issues as outlined in my own work, Brooks 2006, and in the work of Wajcman and Martin 2002, and McDowell 1997, which draw on empirical research and explore changes to gender identity within professional and personal domains. I conclude that there is little evidence in the research presented here of any systematic reconfiguring of gender identities leading to a detraditionalization of gender as suggested by the 'reflexive modernization' theorists. |
Keywords: | Detraditionalization of gender dissonance ‘feminine habitus’ professional domains reflexivity individualization |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2008.00207.x |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-4446.2008.00207.x |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Gender Studies and Social Analysis publications |
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