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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783838803321

Autore

Witz Anne <1952, >

Titolo

Professions and patriarchy / / Anne Witz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992

ISBN

1-134-91220-X

0-585-45999-1

1-280-32599-2

1-134-91221-8

0-203-16778-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

International library of sociology

Disciplina

305.5/53/0941

Soggetti

Professions - Sociological aspects

Professions - Great Britain

Sexual division of labor - Great Britain

Women in medicine - Great Britain

Medical personnel - Great Britain - Social conditions

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 (p. 211-225) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Gender, closure and professional projects; 1 PATRIARCHY, CAPITALISM AND GENDER RELATIONS AT WORK; 2 PATRIARCHY AND PROFESSIONS; Part II: Gender and professional projects in the medical division of labour; 3 GENDER AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALISATION; 4 MEDICAL MEN AND MIDWIVES; 5 THE OCCUPATIONAL POLITICS OF NURSE REGISTRATION; 6 GENDER AND RADIOGRAPHY; 7 CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This impressive and original study is one of the first books to combine mainstream sociology with feminism in exploring the subject of the professions and power.This is an important addition to the corpus of feminist scholarship... It provides fresh insights into the way in which male power has been used to limit the employment aspirations of women in the middle classes. - Rosemary Crompton, University of Kent