Feminist Psychologies - Identities, Relations, and Well-Being in India

This book aims to be a comprehensive resource that will apprise readers to the complex dynamics of the psychological interiors of women and others in the sex and gender spectrum grappling with socio-political and cultural constraints.

List 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

About the author

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).

Summary

This book aims to be a comprehensive resource that will apprise readers to the complex dynamics of the psychological interiors of women and others in the sex and gender spectrum grappling with socio-political and cultural constraints.

Product details

• Authors: U. Vindhya, Vindhya U.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.04.2024
• EAN: 9781032261546
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3226154-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Cultural Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality, India, Child & developmental psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Feminism & feminist theory, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Feminism and feminist theory, Psychology of gender, feminism;feminist;psychology;intersection;patriarchy