Susan Dunnett
Biographic Data
| ID | 4273108 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan Dunnett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan |
| FAMILY NAME | Dunnett |
| SIGNATURE | DUNNETT S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5163-2599 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Affects and strategies of maternal optimism
This article draws on the critical feminist argument that women are encouraged to desire forms of life that are limiting and sometimes cruel. It asks: what can we learn about motherhood if we view it not simply as a set of normative practices, but as an assemblage of projections and negotiations about what life could and ought to be? To address this question, we analyse the accounts of 15 mothers with experiences of anxiety and/or depression. We …
Representations of motherhood in the media
We undertook a systematic review to understand (i) how motherhood is represented across different media, (ii) how the modalities of media domains influence the motherhood representations that they offer, (iii) the gaps in recent research on the subject.We searched 7 databases for all studies investigating the representation of motherhood in media texts, in any geographical location, published after 31 December 2016.We identified 55 studies as rel…
Constructing a Mothers' Culture
The fantasy of traditional motherhood, according to which women find fulfilment through family care, still dominates market texts. This tension is not immediately understandable; neither are its political and economic implications. We propose an explanation by deploying a Berlantian framework to analyse the new media presence of five brands targeting UK mothers. We identify a mothers' culture : a market where motherhood's difficulties are organis…
Widening Participation in Scotland 1997–2021
This article sets out and critically analyses the state of current knowledge on Widening Participation at higher education institutions in Scotland and sets forth avenues for further research. Through a semi‐systematic review of the literature, six discrete but overlapping themes relating to Widening Participation are identified, namely, (1) factors affecting the decision to apply to university, (2) the transition from high school or further educ…
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Widening Participation in Scotland 1997–2021
This article sets out and critically analyses the state of current knowledge on Widening Participation at higher education institutions in Scotland and sets forth avenues for further research. Through a semi‐systematic review of the literature, six discrete but overlapping themes relating to Widening Participation are identified, namely, (1) factors affecting the decision to apply to university, (2) the transition from high school or further educ…
Representations of motherhood in the media
We undertook a systematic review to understand (i) how motherhood is represented across different media, (ii) how the modalities of media domains influence the motherhood representations that they offer, (iii) the gaps in recent research on the subject.We searched 7 databases for all studies investigating the representation of motherhood in media texts, in any geographical location, published after 31 December 2016.We identified 55 studies as rel…
Constructing a Mothers' Culture
The fantasy of traditional motherhood, according to which women find fulfilment through family care, still dominates market texts. This tension is not immediately understandable; neither are its political and economic implications. We propose an explanation by deploying a Berlantian framework to analyse the new media presence of five brands targeting UK mothers. We identify a mothers' culture : a market where motherhood's difficulties are organis…
Affects and strategies of maternal optimism
This article draws on the critical feminist argument that women are encouraged to desire forms of life that are limiting and sometimes cruel. It asks: what can we learn about motherhood if we view it not simply as a set of normative practices, but as an assemblage of projections and negotiations about what life could and ought to be? To address this question, we analyse the accounts of 15 mothers with experiences of anxiety and/or depression. We …
Gender, Feminism, and Media (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Media, Gender, and Advertising (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Altersgruppe (1 works) · Anxiety (1 works)