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Department of Sociology
University of Leicester
University Road
Leicester
LE1 7RH, UK

Phone: +44 (0)116 252 2739
Fax: +44 (0)116 252 5259

Undergraduate (and general)
enquiries: sociology@le.ac.uk

Postgraduate enquiries:
pgradsoc@le.ac.uk

Staff contact details

 

Dr Jane Pilcher

Senior Lecturer

BSc, PhD (Wales)

Room: Attenborough Tower 314
Tel: +44 (0)11-6252-2731 (direct line)
Email: jlp3@le.ac.uk

Biography

Academic sociology consultant to Genergraphics Incorporated, a US marketing company specializing in generational research, in the publication of the forthcoming book Genergraphics: The International Language of Marketing.

Research Interests

Research in the sociology of age (cohort, generation and the life course) is currently on: i) historical constructions of childhood, including an examination of school sex and health education in England in the twentieth century; ii) the intergenerational dynamics of consumption and the socio-cultural significance of children as consuming agents, via ESRC/AHRB funded research project entitled 'New Consumers? Children, Fashion and Consumption' (with Dr Christopher Pole, Dr Timothy Edwards and Dr Sharon Boden). Over the last decade, I have made a substantial contribution to the sociology of age, including critical evaluations of Mannheim’s sociology of generations and an overview of the role and importance of age in modern British society. Sociology of gender research is concerned with a critical evaluation of key concepts in gender studies and the socio-cultural significance of the inter-relations of gender and age, via for example, examinations of women’s orientations to feminism and also of children’s gendered consumption of fashion.

Supervision Interests

I am able to supervise doctoral students in the topic areas of the sociology of gender and the sociology of the life course. In the sociology of gender, my particular interest lies in gender inequalities, feminist identities and gendered childhoods. In the sociology of the life course, my particular interest lies in childhood, later life and in cohort processes.

Current Teaching

  • SY1004: The Sociological Imagination
  • SY3042: Research Project
  • SY3070: Ageing, Death and the Life Course

Current Administrative Duties

  • Careers Tutor
  • PDP Coordinator
  • Research Ethics Officer

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