Teaching gender in social work
This book questions the fact that social work education often fails to incorporate gender, even though most of the people that use social work services are women, a majority of social workers are women, and women have had throughout history a significant role in the establishment of social work. The profession of social work started to emerge early in the twentieth century, when femininity was constructed in a way that supported the public/private division. This applied, in particular, to a wom…
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- Full title :Teaching gender in social work / ed. by Vesna Leskošek.
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This book questions the fact that social work education often fails to incorporate gender, even though most of the people that use social work services are women, a majority of social workers are women, and women have had throughout history a significant role in the establishment of social work. The profession of social work started to emerge early in the twentieth century, when femininity was constructed in a way that supported the public/private division. This applied, in particular, to a woman's body and her appearance, to her morality, sexuality and motherhood, which in turn determined her social opportunities. Social work played a role in these processes in various ways, depending on the prevailing beliefs about women and femininity.
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- Publication Date:2009.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):[Graduate Gender Programme,] University of Utrecht, ATHENA3, Advanced Thematic Network in Women's Studies in Europe, Centre for Gender Studies, Stockholm University
- Place of Publication:Utrecht
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2009.
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The Physical Object
- Description:192 p. : : ill. ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9187792451, 9789187792458
- oclc:ocn608478128
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