Culture and the social construction of gender: Mapping the intersection with mental health

2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 501-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Andermann
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Construction Of Gender

The Social Construction of Gender

2000 ◽  
pp. 233-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lis Højgaard ◽  
Johanna Esseveld
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Construction Of Gender

The History of Unreason

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Samuel Teague ◽  
Peter Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
Individual Responsibility ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health And Illness ◽  
History Of

This chapter reflects on the importance of the historical narrative of mental illness, arguing that Western countries have sought new ways to confine the mentally ill in the post-asylum era, namely through the effects of stigma and medicalization. The walls are invisible, when once they were physical. The chapter outlines how health and illness can be understood as socially constructed illustrating how mental health has been constructed uniquely across cultures and over time. To understand this process more fully, it is necessary to consider the history of madness, a story of numerous social flashpoints. The trajectories of two primary mental health narratives are charted in this chapter. The authors argue that these narratives have played, and continue to play, an important role in the social construction of mental illness. These narratives are “confinement” and “individual responsibility.” Drawing on the work of Michel Foucault and Roy Porter, the authors describe how Western culture has come to consider the mentally ill as a distinct, abnormal other.

scholarly journals The social construction of gender in Spanish physical education students

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
José María González Ravé ◽  
Luis Miguel Ruiz Pérez ◽  
Maria Carrasco Poyatos
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Physical Education Students ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Construction Of Gender
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