Gender Capital At Work - Intersections of Femininity, Masculinity, Class and Occupation

Informationen zum Autor KATE HUPPATZ is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. Klappentext Drawing on interviews with nurses! social workers! exotic dancers and hairdressers! this book explores the processes involved in producing and reproducing gendered and classed workers and occupations. Zusammenfassung Drawing on interviews with nurses! social workers! exotic dancers and hairdressers! this book explores the processes involved in producing and reproducing gendered and classed workers and occupations. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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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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

Product details

• Authors: K Huppatz, K. Huppatz, Kate Huppatz
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2012
• EAN: 9781349321643
• ISBN: 978-1-349-32164-3
• No. of pages: 207
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; B, Gender Studies, Sociology, Social Inequality, Economic Sociology, Social & ethical issues, Sociology, general, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Social Structure, Gender studies, gender groups, Sociology: work & labour, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Sociology of Work, Industrial sociology, capital;gender;occupations;Pierre Bourdieu;social work