The social construction of gender --;Geographies of femininities --;The social construction of femininities in school --;Gender and professional identity in the workplace --;Media representations of femininities --;Conclusion : femininities in a post-feminist era.
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Gender and the Construction of Hegemonic and Oppositional Femininities analyzes the construction of femininities within the key social institutions of school, work, and the media. The book draws from previous research to demonstrate how femininities are constructed in school and work and analyzes gendered representations in current fictional media.