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Biography
Lara McKenzie is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Discipline of Anthropology and Sociology at The University of Western Australia. Her research has focused on Australia, particularly in relation to gender, age, love, kinship, autonomy, relatedness, and cultural change. She has an emerging interest in the intersections of personal life and finance. Lara's recent book, Age-dissimilar couples and romantic relationships: Ageless love? (2015, Palgrave Macmillan, Studies in Family and Intimate Life Series), explores age-dissimilar couples in Australia. She has also undertaken research on inequality and cultural difference in education. Lara is currently conducting a study on recent PhD graduates' experiences of looking for stable academic work, and her writing here addresses the themes of gender, age, personal life, precarity, and audit practices.
Research
Age-dissimilar romantic relationships in Perth, Western Australia; autonomy; relatedness; individualism; Australian society; kinship
Higher education; secondary education; neoliberalism; inequality; e-learning; early career academia; audit; precarity; internationalisation
Higher education; secondary education; neoliberalism; inequality; e-learning; early career academia; audit; precarity; internationalisation
Keywords
- Kinship
- Romantic Love
- Gender
- Higher Education
- Precarity
- Age-dissimilar couples
- Romantic love
- Australian society and culture
- Kinship and relatedness
- Family Studies
- Democratisation, individualisation, and detraditionalisation
- Age and ageing
- Gender, sex, and power
- Higher education and inequality
- Early career academia and precarity
- Secondary education, inequality, and e-learning
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Research Output 2009 2019
Making up and breaking up: The changing commitments of age-dissimilar couples
McKenzie, L., 2019, Romantic relationships in a time of ‘cold intimacies’. Carter, J. & Arocha, L. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 37-56 20 p. (Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter
love
obligation
commitment
social scientist
divorce
[Book review] Death of the public university? Uncertain futures for higher education in the knowledge economy, edited by Susan Wright and Cris Shore
McKenzie, L. E., 2018, In : Anthropological Forum: a journal of social anthropology and comparative sociology. 28, 3, p. 310-312 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
[Book review] Marriage rites and rights, edited by Joanna Miles, Perveez Mody, and Rebecca Probert
McKenzie, L. E., 1 May 2018, In : Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 24, 2, p. 407-409 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
Invisible anger: Intergenerational dependence and resentment among precarious academics
McKenzie, L., Jan 2018, Intergenerational responsibility in the 21st century. Puaschunder, J. M. (ed.). USA: Vernon Press, p. 33-54 (Series in Economic Development).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter
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anger
precarious employment
employment conditions
workplace
staff
[Book review] The meaning of money in China and the United States: The 1986 Lewis Henry Morgan lectures, by Emily Martin
McKenzie, L. E., 3 Jul 2017, In : Anthropological Forum: a journal of social anthropology and comparative sociology. 27, 3, p. 295 297 p., 10.1080/00664677.2017.1347248.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review