1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459462103321

Titolo

Gender and sexuality in the workplace [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Christine Williams, Kirsten Dellinger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

United Kingdom, : Emerald, 2010

ISBN

1-282-79763-8

9786612797637

1-84855-371-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 p.)

Collana

Research in the sociology of work ; ; 20

Altri autori (Persone)

WilliamsChristine L. <1959->

DellingerKirsten

Disciplina

306.3615

Soggetti

Sex role in the work environment

Gender identity in the workplace

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Research in the sociology of work; Copyright page; Contents; List of contributors; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Caring, curing, and the community: Black masculinity in a feminized profession; Chapter 3. Job satisfaction: Impact of gender, race, worker qualifications, and work context; Chapter 4. ''Not one of the guys'': women chefs redefining gender in the culinary industry; Chapter 5. Women in power and gender wage inequality: the case of small businesses; Chapter 6. Navigating the boundaries: Army women in training

Chapter 7. Gendered appearance norms: An analysis of employment discrimination lawsuits, 1970-2008Chapter 8. Gender variance in the Fortune 500: The inclusion of gender identity and expression in nondiscrimination corporate policy; Chapter 9. Talk, touch, and intolerance: Sexual harassment in an overtly sexualized work culture; Chapter 10. Sexual harassment and gendered organizational culture in Japanese firms; Chapter 11. Fierce bitches on Tranny Lane: gender, sexuality, culture, and the closet in theme park parades

Chapter 12. Making India the ''mother destination'': Outsourcing labor



to Indian surrogatesAbout the authors

Sommario/riassunto

This volume features sociological research and theory on gender and sexuality in the workplace, and identifies how organizations can achieve a gender-balanced and sexually-diverse work force.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460408303321

Autore

Anderson Linda R. <1950-, >

Titolo

Autobiography / / Linda Anderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-84553-4

1-136-84554-2

1-283-04152-9

9786613041524

0-203-83375-9

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 p.)

Collana

The new critical idiom

Disciplina

809/.93592

Soggetti

Autobiography

Biography

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 HISTORIANS OF THE SELF; 2 SUBJECTIVITY, REPRESENTATION AND NARRATIVE; 3 OTHER SUBJECTS; 4 NARRATIVE; 5 PRACTISING AUTOBIOGRAPHY; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

If every writer necessarily draws on their own life, is any writing outside the realm of 'autobiography'?The new edition of this classic guide is fully updated to include:developments in autobiographical criticism, highlighting major theoretical issues and concepts different forms of the genre from confessions and narratives to memoirs and diaries uses of the genre in their historical and cultural contexts major



autobiographical writers including St Augustine, Bunyan, Boswell, Rousseau and Wordsworth, alongsi