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Zusatztext "Women's health is traditionally structured around a series of milestones within a reproductive cycle! and women's voices are muted by the plethora of information that saturates society. Christodoulou seeks to remedy this by hearing the voices of women and in so doing she considers the role of health experiences in women's everyday lives. This positioning is both refreshing and powerful." - Community! Work and Family Informationen zum Autor JACQUELINE ANN CHRISTODOULOU is Chief Executive at the Safety and Reliability Society in Manchester, UK and conducts consultancy work through her company, Social Analysis and Research Services. She is a Chartered Psychologist through the British Psychological Society. Klappentext This book provides a three-part investigation into identity construction. Theory, voice and praxis are all represented as the book follows the rationale, stories and narrative methodology of the study of a group of women. The final part of the book presents a new model of identity construction framed in women's health identity. Zusammenfassung This book provides a three-part investigation into identity construction. Theory! voice and praxis are all represented as the book follows the rationale! stories and narrative methodology of the study of a group of women. The final part of the book presents a new model of identity construction framed in women's health identity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Judith Sixsmith PART I: THEORY Introducing Health and Psychology Understanding Women's Health: Health Perspectives Identity Theory and an Interactive Health Identity Feminist as far as Possible - The Feminist Health Identity and Critical Realism Investigating Women's Health: The Story so Far PART II: VOICE Narrative Touchstones of the Storied Perimenopausal Health Identity Reaching Out - Interpersonal Narratives of the Perimenopausal Health Identity Stories of Societal Health - The Impact of Narrated Positional, Situated and Ideological Health Representation PART III: PRAXIS Identity Actions: Bringing about Social Change References...
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Foreword by Judith Sixsmith PART I: THEORY Introducing Health and Psychology Understanding Women's Health: Health Perspectives Identity Theory and an Interactive Health Identity Feminist as far as Possible - The Feminist Health Identity and Critical Realism Investigating Women's Health: The Story so Far PART II: VOICE Narrative Touchstones of the Storied Perimenopausal Health Identity Reaching Out - Interpersonal Narratives of the Perimenopausal Health Identity Stories of Societal Health - The Impact of Narrated Positional, Situated and Ideological Health Representation PART III: PRAXIS Identity Actions: Bringing about Social Change References
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"Women's health is traditionally structured around a series of milestones within a reproductive cycle, and women's voices are muted by the plethora of information that saturates society. Christodoulou seeks to remedy this by hearing the voices of women and in so doing she considers the role of health experiences in women's everyday lives. This positioning is both refreshing and powerful." - Community, Work and Family
