The social policy climate, labour market trends and gendered arrangements for paid and family work mean that ‘work-life balance’ remains a key social issue in the UK. Media representations of ‘work-life balance’ are a key source for the construction of gender and working motherhood. Despite evidence of gendered representations in media coverage of other social issues, little attention has been paid to the construction of work-life balance in UK women’s magazines.
| Asset Type: | Publications |
| Collection: | Foreign Publications |
| Subject: | Work-life balance, Women, United Kingdom, Women’s magazines, Discourse analysis, Media representations |
| Author: | Cath Sullivan |
| Publisher: | University of Central Lancashire |
| Publication Date: | October 2014 |
