Gender and neoliberalism: Young women as ideal neoliberal subjects

TY - CHAP

T1 - Gender and neoliberalism

T2 - Young women as ideal neoliberal subjects

AU - Scharff, Christina

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2016 Simon Springer, Kean Birch and Julie MacLeavy. Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2016/7/7

Y1 - 2016/7/7

N2 - Gender intersects with neoliberalism in various ways and it is not my intention to provide an overview of these complex entanglements here. Such an overview would depend on our understanding of ‘gender’ and ʼneoliberalism’, which are concepts that have been defined and used differently, depending on disciplinary orientation, political outlook, and spatial and temporal context, to name just a few. In addition, existing research on the manifold intersections between gender and neoliberalism demonstrates that the theme can be explored in a range of contexts, including, but not limited to: education (Davies 2005; O’Flynn and Peterson 2007), parenting and maternity (de Benedictis, 2012; McRobbie, 2013), embodiment and beauty norms (Elias et al forthcoming; Evans and Riley 2013; Luo 2012); contemporary work cultures (Ikonen 2013; Swan, 2008; Walkerdine and Jimenez 2012); development (Cornwall et al. 2008; Koffman and Gill 2013; Pedwell 2012; Wilson 2013); the postfeminist media culture (Butler 2013; Gill 2007; McRobbie 2009), and the ways in which neoliberalism intersects not only with gender, but also with race, class and neo-colonial dynamics (Allen 2014; Ringrose and Walkerdine 2008; Roberts and Mahtani 2010; Scharff 2011; Tyler 2013; Walkerdine et al. 2001; Williams 2014).

AB - Gender intersects with neoliberalism in various ways and it is not my intention to provide an overview of these complex entanglements here. Such an overview would depend on our understanding of ‘gender’ and ʼneoliberalism’, which are concepts that have been defined and used differently, depending on disciplinary orientation, political outlook, and spatial and temporal context, to name just a few. In addition, existing research on the manifold intersections between gender and neoliberalism demonstrates that the theme can be explored in a range of contexts, including, but not limited to: education (Davies 2005; O’Flynn and Peterson 2007), parenting and maternity (de Benedictis, 2012; McRobbie, 2013), embodiment and beauty norms (Elias et al forthcoming; Evans and Riley 2013; Luo 2012); contemporary work cultures (Ikonen 2013; Swan, 2008; Walkerdine and Jimenez 2012); development (Cornwall et al. 2008; Koffman and Gill 2013; Pedwell 2012; Wilson 2013); the postfeminist media culture (Butler 2013; Gill 2007; McRobbie 2009), and the ways in which neoliberalism intersects not only with gender, but also with race, class and neo-colonial dynamics (Allen 2014; Ringrose and Walkerdine 2008; Roberts and Mahtani 2010; Scharff 2011; Tyler 2013; Walkerdine et al. 2001; Williams 2014).

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85107103145&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.4324/9781315730660-29

DO - 10.4324/9781315730660-29

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85107103145

SN - 9781138844001

SP - 217

EP - 226

BT - Handbook of Neoliberalism

PB - Taylor and Francis Inc.

ER -