• Gender capital at work : intersections of femininity, masculinity, class and occupation
  • [NT 42944] Record Type: [NT 8598] Electronic resources : [NT 40817] monographic
    [NT 47348] Title Information: intersections of femininity, masculinity, class and occupation
    [NT 47261] Author: HuppatzKate, 1979-
    [NT 47351] Place of Publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York
    [NT 47263] Published: Palgrave Macmillan;
    [NT 47352] Year of Publication: 2012
    [NT 47264] Description: 1 online resource (199 p.)
    [NT 47266] Subject: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies. -
    [NT 47266] Subject: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy -
    [NT 47266] Subject: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural -
    [NT 47266] Subject: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Sexual division of labor. -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Sex role in the work environment. -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Sex discrimination in employment. -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Women - Employment. -
    [NT 47266] Subject: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes. -
    [NT 47266] Subject: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies. -
    [NT 47266] Subject: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. -
    [NT 51458] Online resource: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137284211
    [NT 47265] Notes: Description based on print version record.
    [NT 51398] Summary: "Gender Capital at Work uses new data from interviews with nurses, social workers, exotic dancers and hairdressers to explore the processes involved in producing and reproducing gendered and classed workers and occupations. In doing so, this book argues that femininity, femaleness, masculinity and maleness work as assets in feminised occupations and that the concept 'gender capital' may help researches to better understand the complex relationship between gender, class and occupation. This book builds on Bourdieusian theory, particularly the concept 'gender capital', and provides a unique approach to gendered occupational segregation"--
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 9781137284211electronic bk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 1137284218electronic bk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 9781283737760
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 1283737760
    [NT 50961] ISBN: hbk.
    [NT 50961] ISBN: hbk.
    [NT 60779] Content Note: Part I. Gender Class, Work and Reworking Bourdieu. Introduction Why use Bourdieusian theory to study gender, class and work?: the case for 'gender capital' Gender and class in four occupations Collecting and interpreting work-life stories Part II. Locating Gender Capital at Work: Four Case Studies. Nursing Social work Exotic dancing Hairdressing Conclusions.
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