All Outputs (2)

The gendered body during Covid-19: views from Australia, the United Kingdom, and Japan - Introduction to themed section (2023)
Journal Article
Wood, R., & McCann, H. (in press). The gendered body during Covid-19: views from Australia, the United Kingdom, and Japan - Introduction to themed section. Gender, Place and Culture, 31(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369x.2023.2276792

The collection of papers we have put together for this special themed section originally emerged from a desire to explore how the rapid and wholescale transformation of everyday spaces brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic might change, challenge an... Read More about The gendered body during Covid-19: views from Australia, the United Kingdom, and Japan - Introduction to themed section.

From aesthetic labour to affective labour: feminine beauty and body work as self-care in UK 'lockdown' (2023)
Journal Article
Wood, R. (2024). From aesthetic labour to affective labour: feminine beauty and body work as self-care in UK 'lockdown'. Gender, Place and Culture, 31(1), 82-101. https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2023.2192892

This paper draws on qualitative survey and interview data with 72 participants focusing on feminine body and beauty work practices in the UK’s first Covid-19 ‘lockdown’ in 2020. The data suggest that the affective dimensions of beauty were intensifie... Read More about From aesthetic labour to affective labour: feminine beauty and body work as self-care in UK 'lockdown'.