N Chowdhury
Biographic Data
| ID | 12155 |
|---|---|
| NAME | N Chowdhury |
| GIVEN NAMES | N |
| FAMILY NAME | Chowdhury |
| SIGNATURE | CHOWDHURY N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lausanne |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6585-7131 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Between being affected and being an active emotion ‘manager’: Young women’s accounts of social media use and wellbeing
Objective A growing body of empirical research traces the impact of social media use on young women’s psychological wellbeing. The aim of the present article is to explore young female users’ affective relationship with social media platforms in the context of gendered, postfeminist self-making.Design Drawing on dialogical self-theory, this study analyses the interplay between different voices-of-the-self in participants’ accounts of social media…
‘If you’re not careful, it can be toxic’: Young women’s accounts of ‘healthy’ social media use and wellbeing
OBJECTIVE: Located in French-speaking Switzerland, this study investigated seventeen young women's talk about how their social media practices impact their (psychological) health and wellbeing. METHODS AND MEASURES: Embedded within a critical perspective in health psychology, we explored the discursive moves and resources participants mobilised to construct 'good' and 'bad' subject positions. Drawing on the concept of postfeminist healthism, our …
Oscillating between objectification and agency: Young women's accounts of dealing with ‘being sexualized’ on social media
A growing body of empirical research investigates the impact that sexual objectification of young women on social media has on their well-being. The aim of the present study is to explore how young women navigate sexual objectification and body-focused posting practices on social media in the context of postfeminist sensibilities. Drawing on individual interviews, which we analyzed using critical discursive psychology, we found that while partici…
It's also up to me”: Women's navigations of affective dissonance in gendered workplaces
This article investigates how experiences of affective dissonance are reined in by postfeminist and neoliberal logics in women's accounts of navigating gender inequality at work. I present three forms of affective-discursive practice —namely (a) reactive self-doubt, (b) navigating the double-bind, and (c) voicing critique—and contend that they form part of normative work-based femininities. By providing a nuanced understanding of the affective-di…
Addressing the effectiveness of health literacy programs within the Gulf Corporation Council: An integrative review
Health literacy is an increasingly required need to help individuals, families and communities manage their health and health conditions. It is linked with better self-adherence to treatments, use of resources, access to care and overall reduced costs in healthcare. In the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which comprises Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, various health literacy programs are implemented across…
The affective-discursive ‘pruning’ of neoliberal selves: Introducing the notion of self-othering
In this article, I develop the notion of self-othering defined as the affective orchestration of different voices-of-the-self as an important self-constitutive practice of neoliberal subjectivity. I posit that neoliberal subjectification relies on othering those facets—skills, attributes, bodily properties—that do not conform to idealised notions of the self. By applying this conceptual lens to empirical material drawn from a qualitative research…
Polyphonies of depression: The relationship between voices-of-the-self in young professional women aka ‘top girls’
While the analysis of depression narratives has become increasingly common practice within critical mental health research, this work rarely investigates how these accounts intersect with particular social identities. The recent emergence of the ‘top girl’ identity, a new cultural slot on offer for young women, is underpinned by the rise of neoliberal and post-feminist discourses in the Western world. To explore whether this new feminine subjecti…
Practicing the Ideal Depressed Self: Young Professional Women's Accounts of Managing Depression
This article is based on a qualitative investigation of contemporary female subjectivities at the intersection of two particular identities: being a "young professional woman" and "depressed." Thirteen women working in both private and public sector roles in two major cities in Aotearoa New Zealand participated in semi-structured, in-depth interviews. Employing a practice-based approach to analysis, my aim was to explore whether participants' acc…
This is (still) a man’s world: Young professional women’s identity struggles in gendered workplaces
Recent research has documented the rise of neoliberal and postfeminist sensibilities within young women’s sense-making and accounting activities in western countries – exemplified by the image of the “top girl”. Yet workplaces remain structured by male power and patriarchal norms. In this qualitative focus group study conducted in Auckland, New Zealand, we investigated how young professional women negotiate the contradictions between the “top gir…
This is (still) a man’s world: Young professional women’s identity struggles in gendered workplaces
Recent research has documented the rise of neoliberal and postfeminist sensibilities within young women’s sense-making and accounting activities in western countries – exemplified by the image of the “top girl”. Yet workplaces remain structured by male power and patriarchal norms. In this qualitative focus group study conducted in Auckland, New Zealand, we investigated how young professional women negotiate the contradictions between the “top gir…
Practicing the Ideal Depressed Self: Young Professional Women's Accounts of Managing Depression
This article is based on a qualitative investigation of contemporary female subjectivities at the intersection of two particular identities: being a "young professional woman" and "depressed." Thirteen women working in both private and public sector roles in two major cities in Aotearoa New Zealand participated in semi-structured, in-depth interviews. Employing a practice-based approach to analysis, my aim was to explore whether participants' acc…
This is (still) a man’s world: Young professional women’s identity struggles in gendered workplaces
Recent research has documented the rise of neoliberal and postfeminist sensibilities within young women’s sense-making and accounting activities in western countries – exemplified by the image of the “top girl”. Yet workplaces remain structured by male power and patriarchal norms. In this qualitative focus group study conducted in Auckland, New Zealand, we investigated how young professional women negotiate the contradictions between the “top gir…
Polyphonies of depression: The relationship between voices-of-the-self in young professional women aka ‘top girls’
While the analysis of depression narratives has become increasingly common practice within critical mental health research, this work rarely investigates how these accounts intersect with particular social identities. The recent emergence of the ‘top girl’ identity, a new cultural slot on offer for young women, is underpinned by the rise of neoliberal and post-feminist discourses in the Western world. To explore whether this new feminine subjecti…
Practicing the Ideal Depressed Self: Young Professional Women's Accounts of Managing Depression
This article is based on a qualitative investigation of contemporary female subjectivities at the intersection of two particular identities: being a "young professional woman" and "depressed." Thirteen women working in both private and public sector roles in two major cities in Aotearoa New Zealand participated in semi-structured, in-depth interviews. Employing a practice-based approach to analysis, my aim was to explore whether participants' acc…
The affective-discursive ‘pruning’ of neoliberal selves: Introducing the notion of self-othering
In this article, I develop the notion of self-othering defined as the affective orchestration of different voices-of-the-self as an important self-constitutive practice of neoliberal subjectivity. I posit that neoliberal subjectification relies on othering those facets—skills, attributes, bodily properties—that do not conform to idealised notions of the self. By applying this conceptual lens to empirical material drawn from a qualitative research…
Addressing the effectiveness of health literacy programs within the Gulf Corporation Council: An integrative review
Health literacy is an increasingly required need to help individuals, families and communities manage their health and health conditions. It is linked with better self-adherence to treatments, use of resources, access to care and overall reduced costs in healthcare. In the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which comprises Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, various health literacy programs are implemented across…
It's also up to me”: Women's navigations of affective dissonance in gendered workplaces
This article investigates how experiences of affective dissonance are reined in by postfeminist and neoliberal logics in women's accounts of navigating gender inequality at work. I present three forms of affective-discursive practice —namely (a) reactive self-doubt, (b) navigating the double-bind, and (c) voicing critique—and contend that they form part of normative work-based femininities. By providing a nuanced understanding of the affective-di…
Between being affected and being an active emotion ‘manager’: Young women’s accounts of social media use and wellbeing
Objective A growing body of empirical research traces the impact of social media use on young women’s psychological wellbeing. The aim of the present article is to explore young female users’ affective relationship with social media platforms in the context of gendered, postfeminist self-making.Design Drawing on dialogical self-theory, this study analyses the interplay between different voices-of-the-self in participants’ accounts of social media…
‘If you’re not careful, it can be toxic’: Young women’s accounts of ‘healthy’ social media use and wellbeing
OBJECTIVE: Located in French-speaking Switzerland, this study investigated seventeen young women's talk about how their social media practices impact their (psychological) health and wellbeing. METHODS AND MEASURES: Embedded within a critical perspective in health psychology, we explored the discursive moves and resources participants mobilised to construct 'good' and 'bad' subject positions. Drawing on the concept of postfeminist healthism, our …
Oscillating between objectification and agency: Young women's accounts of dealing with ‘being sexualized’ on social media
A growing body of empirical research investigates the impact that sexual objectification of young women on social media has on their well-being. The aim of the present study is to explore how young women navigate sexual objectification and body-focused posting practices on social media in the context of postfeminist sensibilities. Drawing on individual interviews, which we analyzed using critical discursive psychology, we found that while partici…
Gender, Feminism, and Media (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Dialogical self (3 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Girl (3 works)