Charlotte Dann – författare

“Dann and O’Dell have achieved an impressive feat, presenting both the methodology and rationale for doing feminist developmental psychology in a truly accessible and engaging way. This is a vital resource which needs to be read by all undergraduates and students interested in child and individual development.”Erica Burman, author of Deconstructing Developmental Psychology and Professor of Education, The University of Manchester, UK“I have waited years for a book like this! There is nothing else out there that offers a critical approach to development at a level accessible to undergraduates. I highly recommend this text for use with students studying developmental psychology, human development, and related areas.”Sonja J. Ellis, Associate Professor in Human Development, The University of Waikato, New Zealand“A refreshing and welcome addition to the field of developmental psychology.”Charlotte Brownlow, Dean of the Graduate Research School, University of Southern Queensland, AustraliaThe Feminist Companion series includes titles that act as your friends and mentors in book form, supporting you in your studies, especially when things get tough.This companion equips you to question and re-evaluate what you think you know about attachment, developmental disability, neurodiversity, and a range of other formative childhood and individual development experiences, all through a feminist lens. In doing so, it makes the case for an intersectional approach to developmental psychology that considers how the different aspects of who we are influence our development.Key features include:•Five Reasons Why You Need a Feminist Companion – a helpful guide to what readers can expect to gain from this book•Activity boxes, suggesting ways you can put the theory you are learning into practice•See and Hear for Yourself boxes, signposting readers to where they can find real-world examples of the concepts covered•Summary sections that articulate the main points of each chapter and provide a useful revision aid•A glossary of key termsThe book maps to the British Psychological Society (BPS) curriculum on developmental psychology as well as the Quality Assessment Agency’s (QAA) Subject Benchmark Statement for Psychology.Charlotte Dann is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Northampton, UK. Charlotte specialises in critical feminist qualitative research, exploring topics such as tattooed bodies, family life online and girlhoods.Lindsay O’Dell is Professor of Critical Developmental Psychology at The Open University, UK. Lindsay has worked on projects that have examined the health, development and social care of children and families, particularly focussing on children who are seen to be ‘different’ in some way.

Although tattoos have become increasingly available to us, there are still spaces where they are not accepted, and even 'othered'. Looking at the UK, where media discourses are often unfavourable towards tattooed women discussing their own bodies, this book explores how we understand tattooed women’s bodies in the UK – through the lens of gender and class. Unpacking themes which focus on how femininity is embodied, and how unwritten rules are broken or followed, Charlotte Dann demonstrates how meaning is key to our understanding of female body art.  Drawing our attention to how traditional constructions of femininity are conformed to and resisted against, Dann positions media discourses of trends, regret, and transformation alongside tattooed women’s own thoughts of their tattoos. The chapters uncover how tattoos relate to the embodiment, or resistance, of femininity where the body plays a complex role – in care, in the community, and in families. Delving into the societal norms about what women should and shouldn’t do with their bodies, and looking specifically at motherhood, employment, and consumption, Dann demonstrates how meaning-making is critical to how women’s tattooed bodies are understood, and how personal narratives take centre stage in the justification for tattoos. Providing a fuller understanding of the nuances particular to tattooed women, this book equips readers to reconstruct how we theorize femininity and the body.