Sandra Roper
Biographic Data
| ID | 6567574 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sandra Roper |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Roper |
| SIGNATURE | ROPER S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bedfordshire |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4755-4679 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mothersday: Constructions of motherhood and femininity in social media posts
Images and representations of parenting, and particularly mothering, have become commonplace on social media platforms over the past decade. These displays, however, take place in the context of popular contemporary discourses around gender and parenting that are in many ways prescriptive. This paper explores the constructions of mothering online through an analysis of posts about mothers on Mother’s Day from 2018 to 2020. Data were collected fro…
Hapless, helpless, hopeless: An analysis of stepmothers’ talk about their (male) partners
The identity of stepmother is, in many ways, a troubled one – constructed as “other” and often associated with notions of “wickedness” in literature and everyday talk. This paper reports findings from a study on the difficulties faced by stepmothers and how they use talk about their (male) partners, often constructing men as hapless, helpless or hopeless, to repair their “troubled” identities. The data were collected from a web forum for stepmoth…
Stephanie Taylor and Karen Littleton, Contemporary identities of creativity and creative work
Studying the psychosocial
Hapless, helpless, hopeless: An analysis of stepmothers’ talk about their (male) partners
The identity of stepmother is, in many ways, a troubled one – constructed as “other” and often associated with notions of “wickedness” in literature and everyday talk. This paper reports findings from a study on the difficulties faced by stepmothers and how they use talk about their (male) partners, often constructing men as hapless, helpless or hopeless, to repair their “troubled” identities. The data were collected from a web forum for stepmoth…
Mothersday: Constructions of motherhood and femininity in social media posts
Images and representations of parenting, and particularly mothering, have become commonplace on social media platforms over the past decade. These displays, however, take place in the context of popular contemporary discourses around gender and parenting that are in many ways prescriptive. This paper explores the constructions of mothering online through an analysis of posts about mothers on Mother’s Day from 2018 to 2020. Data were collected fro…
Studying the psychosocial
Stephanie Taylor and Karen Littleton, Contemporary identities of creativity and creative work
Hapless, helpless, hopeless: An analysis of stepmothers’ talk about their (male) partners
The identity of stepmother is, in many ways, a troubled one – constructed as “other” and often associated with notions of “wickedness” in literature and everyday talk. This paper reports findings from a study on the difficulties faced by stepmothers and how they use talk about their (male) partners, often constructing men as hapless, helpless or hopeless, to repair their “troubled” identities. The data were collected from a web forum for stepmoth…
Mothersday: Constructions of motherhood and femininity in social media posts
Images and representations of parenting, and particularly mothering, have become commonplace on social media platforms over the past decade. These displays, however, take place in the context of popular contemporary discourses around gender and parenting that are in many ways prescriptive. This paper explores the constructions of mothering online through an analysis of posts about mothers on Mother’s Day from 2018 to 2020. Data were collected fro…
Psychology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (2 works) · Social science (2 works)