Fifty Key Concepts in Gender Studies

Pilcher, Jane; Whelehan, Imelda

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“…In her case, for instance, girls would normally not be expected to learn how to ride a bike, let alone drive a vehicle, which would later become a critical skill in her current business life. Her story calls into question traditional notions of masculinity in discourse of entrepreneurship and suggests that men gain advantages from the culturally-dominant ideal of masculinity centred around authority, physical toughness and strength, and paid work (Pilcher & Whelehan, 2004), but that few men actually live up to it as the last paragraph in Victoria's narratives demonstrates.…”

Section: Case Study 2: a Woman Who Ventured Into A Non-traditional Domentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender and Entrepreneurship in Uganda: Women Manoeuvring Economic Space

Kikooma¹

2012

Entrepreneurship - Gender, Geographies and Social Context

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Section: Case Study 2: a Woman Who Ventured Into A Non-traditional Domentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender and Entrepreneurship in Uganda: Women Manoeuvring Economic Space

Kikooma¹

2012

Entrepreneurship - Gender, Geographies and Social Context

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“…I would, now, abandon the use of patriarchy as a theoretical concept. There are several feminist reformulations of the concept that are founded on criticisms of it as ahistorical, reductionist and inadequate in understanding gender relations involving relationships between and within groups of women and men (Acker, 1989;Pilcher and Whelehan, 2005;Waters, 1989;Walby, 1989). Elias (1986) also brought into question the term patriarchy as a concept for understanding the balance of power between the sexes.…”

Section: Sociology Of Sportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reconsidering feminisms and the work of Norbert Elias for understanding gender, sport and sport-related activities

Mansfield

2008

European Physical Education Review

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SportThis article re-examines the relationships between feminisms and the figurational or process-sociological approach of Norbert Elias for understanding gender, sport and sport-related activities. The main aim is to challenge Colwell's (1999: 220) claim that there is a "potentially incontrovertible difference" between feminist and figurational perspectives that limits the possibility of a synthesis between the approaches in understanding sport and gender. The paper also represents a contribution to the debate 3 that is founded on claims that Elias and figurational sociologists are relatively silent on gender issues (Hargreaves, 1992(Hargreaves, , 1994Horne and Jary, 1987), and that Elias's work is limited in answering questions about gender (Hargreaves, 1992(Hargreaves, , 1994. Feminist and Figurational/Process Sociology: Key PrinicplesWithin the limits of this journal article it is not possible to present a detailed account of feminist theories. However, it should be noted from the outset: "to lay claim to the title 'feminist' is not to adhere to a certain orthodoxy" (Whelehan, 1995: 20). give primacy to particular issues and increasingly the complexities of gender are being examined in terms of women's relationships with men and with other women, and men's relationships with men. Furthermore, it should be noted that it is not wrong to focus on female culture and female sport in studies of gender if one is aware of uneven gender relations that make possible female dominance over other females, female dominance over males, and male dominance over males, as well as male dominance over females.The hallmark of sports feminism is "a commitment to an explicitly theoretical approach to the interpretation of sport as a gendered activity" (Birrell, 2002: 61). The complexities of gender relations in sport and sport related activities have been bought to the fore by feminists considering women and men, and masculinities and femininities, in relational terms and by articulating, for example, the connections between gender and sex, raceethnicity, social class and disability (Birrell, 1988(Birrell, , 2002Hargreaves, 1994;Scraton and Flintoff, 2002).It is also not my intention to provide a comprehensive overview of the form of sociological inquiry argued for by figurational/process sociologists (Elias, 1978;Mennell, 1992;Van Krieken, 1998). However, Van Krieken's (1998: 6-7) account of the overlapping principles underlying figurational/process sociology provides a useful framework for introducing Norbert Elias's approach. The five principles concern the character of human social life and are as follows: (1) My response to Colwell (1999) represents a contribution to the dialogue between feminists and figurational sociologists of sport that has existed since the 1980s. The details of the discussions that have occurred during the past three decades can be found in the extant literature (Dunning, 1992;Colwell, 1999;Hargreaves, 1992Hargreaves, , 1994 Liston, 2007 forthcoming;Maguire and Mansfield, 1998;Mansfield, 2002). The...

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“…Liberal-inclusionary feminism reflects liberal feminist ideas and concerns associated with the first wave of feminism in the United Kingdom and United States (Pilcher and Whelehan 2004;Tong 1998), as well as what Hassim (2006) calls 'inclusionary' gender politics particular to post-apartheid South Africa. It is characterised by an emphasis on women and their involvement in the socalled 'public sphere', with a strong focus on equal participation; the representation of women's voices in legal, political, institutional and cultural roles; and legislative and policy reforms.…”

Section: Liberal-inclusionary Feminismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As such, relying less on the numerical representation of women to lead to diverse and transformative voices, attention is paid to the ways in which voices (both men's and women's) are constructed, and as regards gender as a relational issue in that it impacts men and women in different ways. In addition, moving beyond a primary focus on traditionally masculinised public spaces and issues (such as party politics and the paid workplace), the spotlight of social and political interrogation turns onto more intimate spaces and experiences such as sexuality, personal relationships, identity and values -a contribution of radical second-wave feminist theory (Pilcher and Whelehan 2004). This represents a turn from attending principally to 'public' spaces and relationships (for example, in relation to policies, laws and government structures) towards recognising the political nature of spaces and relationships historically deemed 'private'.…”

Section: Progressive Feminist Approachesmentioning

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Feminist approaches and the South African news media

Buiten

2013

Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies

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Fifty Key Concepts in Gender Studies

Cited by 206 publications

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Gender and Entrepreneurship in Uganda: Women Manoeuvring Economic Space

Gender and Entrepreneurship in Uganda: Women Manoeuvring Economic Space

Reconsidering feminisms and the work of Norbert Elias for understanding gender, sport and sport-related activities

Feminist approaches and the South African news media

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