Gender, Age, and Gendered Age in Relation to Attitudes to One's Own Appearance and Health (Chosen Aspects)

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The book presents the influence of cultural factors on people’s attitudes towards their own health and appearance. lnnovative concept of hierarchical organization of gender and culturally detined age and their influence on each other applied in the study allowed for application of a new sociological category, i.e. gendered age. Such an approach gave an opportunity to conduct an in-depth analysis of beliefs, opinions and behaviours of men and women of different ages regarding their own appearance and health. The empirical part of the book presents definitions of femininity and masculinity used by people in different age groups young, middle-aged and elderly. There was also characterized the level of respondents’ awareness of the influence of gender, age and gendered age on their appearance and health. Moreover, the nowadays of growing importance concept of human capital was used, in which health and appearance are defined as its resources. The book enhances general knowledge about the gender determinants of social phenomena and falls into such fields as gender studies, gender sociology, sociology of the body and health. lt is addressed not only to scientists - sociologists, anthropologists, cultural scientists, psychologists or physicians, but also to people interested in the issues discussed.


Rok wydania2017
Liczba stron258
KategoriaPublikacje darmowe
WydawcaWydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
ISBN-13978-83-808-8918-7
Numer wydania1
Język publikacjiangielski
Informacja o sprzedawcyePWN sp. z o.o.

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  Introduction    7
  
  Chapter 1. Theoretical and Methodological Introduction    11
  1.1. Examining Attitudes Towards Health and Appearance from the Gender and Gendered Age Perspective Theoretical Concepts and Findings (Ewa Malinowska)    11
  1.1.1. Cultural Models of Society, the Genderisation Process    11
  1.1.2. Patriarchal Models of Gender    13
  1.1.3. Gender in Relation to Health    16
  1.1.4. The Concept of Gendered Age    17
  1.1.5. The Framework Adopted in the Study of Attitudes    19
  1.2. The Purpose, the Issues, and the Methodological Assumptions of the Study (Ewa Malinowska, Krystyna Dzwonkowska-Godula, Emilia Garncarek, Julita
  Czernecka, Joanna Brzezińska)    21
  
  Chapter 2. Age Gendering as an Empirical Phenomenon    25
  2.1. The Ideas of Young, Middle-Aged, and Old Women and Men (Joanna Brzezińska, Krystyna Dzwonkowska-Godula)    25
  
  Chapter 3. The Attitudes of Women and Men of Different Ages to Their Physical Appearance    55
  3.1. Cognitive Component    55
  3.1.1. The Manner of Describing One’s Own Physical Appearance in Relation to Gender and Age (Julita Czernecka)    55
  3.1.2. Reasons for Taking Care of One’s Physical Appearance Given by Women and Men of Various Ages (Ewa Malinowska)    70
  3.2. Affective Component    79
  3.2.1. The Assessment of One’s Own Physical Appearance in Relation to Sex and Age (Joanna Brzezińska)    79
  3.3. Behavioural Component    97
  3.3.1. Gender and Gendered Age in Relation to Activities Which Have a Beneficial Influence on One’s Appearance (Ewa Malinowska)    97
  3.3.1.1. How Women and Men Take Care of Their Appearance Depending on Their Age    98
  3.3.1.2. How Women of Different Ages Take Care of Their Appearance    110
  3.3.1.3. How Men of Different Ages Take Care of Their Appearance    123
  
  Chapter 4. The Cultural Genesis of Attitudes Towards One’s Own Appearance in the Awareness of Women and Men of Different Ages (Ewa Malinowska)    133
  4.1. The Genesis of Attitudes Towards One’s Own Appearance in the Awareness of Women of Different Ages    134
  4.2. The Genesis of Attitudes Towards One’s Own Appearance in the Awareness of Men of Different Ages    145
  
  Chapter 5. Attitudes of Men and Women of Different Age Towards Their Health    155
  5.1. Cognitive Component    155
  5.1.1. Reasons for Taking Care of One’s Health Given by Men and Women of Various Age (Emilia Garncarek)    155
  5.2. Affective Component    169
  5.2.1. The Evaluation of One’s Own Health in Relation to Gender and Age (Krystyna Dzwonkowska-Godula)    169
  5.3. Behavioural Component    183
  5.3.1. Pro-Health Behaviour and Gender (Emilia Garncarek)    183
  
  Chapter 6. The Cultural Genesis of Attitudes Towards One’s Own Health in the Awareness of Women and Men of Different Ages (Krystyna Dzwonkowska-Godula)    207
  6.1. The Genesis of Attitudes Towards One’s Own Health in the Awareness of Women of Different Ages    208
  6.2. The Genesis of Attitudes Towards One’s Own Health in the Awareness of Men of Different Ages    220
  
  Conclusions    243
  Bibliography    249
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