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Rasmussen, Mary Lou – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2006
This paper draws on Judith Butler's notion of "gender melancholia" as conceived in "The Psychic Life of Power: Theories in Subjection," and Emmanuel Levinas' notion of the face of the other mobilized in Butlers' more recent work. In particular, I will focus on gender melancholia in order to consider why non-heteronormative…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Sexual Identity, Context Effect, Ethics
Appelbaum, Eileen; Bailey, Thomas; Berg, Peter; Kalleberg, Arne L. – 2002
Until the 1970s, social norms dictated that women provided care for their families and men were employed for pay. The rapid increase in paid work for women has resulted in an untenable model of work and care in which all employees are assumed to be unencumbered with family responsibilities and women who care for their families are dismissed as…
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Behavior Standards, Caregivers, Child Care