Men in Caring Occupations - Doing Gender Differently

Zusatztext 'This is a very welcome book on the field of occupational choice. It is well signposted and written for both undergraduate and postgraduate students! as well as a non-academic audience. I have already ordered library copies and included it as a "must-read" addition to reading lists on gender and occupational choice.' - Sue Child! Times Higher Education Informationen zum Autor RUTH SIMPSON is Professor in Management at Brunel Business School, Brunel University, UK. Her research interests include gender and emotions, gender and management education and gender and organizations. Other published work include Gendering Emotions in Organizations and Voice, Visibility and the Gendering of Organizations. Klappentext Exploring how men in service and caring occupations (cabin crew, primary school teachers, nurses and librarians) both 'do' and 'undo' gender as they manage the potential mismatch between gender and occupational identity, this book engages with the key theoretical concepts of identity, visibility and emotions to examine men's experiences. Zusammenfassung Exploring how men in service and caring occupations (cabin crew, primary school teachers, nurses and librarians) both 'do' and 'undo' gender as they manage the potential mismatch between gender and occupational identity, this book engages with the key theoretical concepts of identity, visibility and emotions to examine men's experiences. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I: INTRODUCTION Introducing Men in Non-Traditional Occupations Identities; with  A.Pullen (In)visibility Gender, Service and Emotions PART II: OCCUPATIONAL CONTEXTS Gender, Performativity, Space: Male Cabin Crew and the Negotiation of Identity;  with M.Patrickson Bodies, Embodiment and Male Nurses Male Primary School Teachers and the Negotiation of a Professional Identity Occupational Image and Social Identity: The Case of Male Librarians Men on Women and Women on Men: Reflexivity and Constructions of Difference in the Context of Nursing Care Conclusion...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: R Simpson, R. Simpson, Ruth Simpson, Simpson Ruth
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.01.2009
• EAN: 9780230574069
• ISBN: 978-0-230-57406-9
• Pagine: 200
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Libri scolastici per istituti a indirizzo generale; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Studi di genere (gender studies); Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia sociale, assistenza sociale; B, Gender Studies, Education, Sociology, Social Inequality, Economic Sociology, Planning, Organization, Social & ethical issues, Organizational theory & behaviour, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Social Structure, Sociology: work & labour, Sociology of Work, Industrial sociology, Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Advice on education, Popular Science in Education, Doing gender;gender;women