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Record Nr.

UNINA9910583048103321

Autore

Brammer Charlotte

Titolo

Communicating as women in STEM / / Charlotte Brammer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, United Kingdom : , : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

0-12-802672-3

0-12-802579-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

302.2

500.82

Soggetti

Women - Communication

Communication in science

Communication in engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1 -- The Leaky Pipeline: Do We Have a (Communication) Problem?; ELIZABETH'S STORY; THRESHING IT OUT; 2 -- Stereotypes and Stacked Decks: Can Females Really Be Scientists and Engineers?; ANNE'S STORY; JESSICA'S STORY; GRETA'S STORY; JESSICA'S STORY; KAREN'S STORY; KATIE'S STORY; TANYA'S STORY; JUANITA'S STORY; JESSICA'S STORY; THRESHING IT OUT; 3 -- My Team's Better Than Your Team: How Inclusive Is Office Small Talk?; SUSAN'S STORY; AMY'S STORY; JEANNA'S STORY, INFORMATION SCIENCES GRADUATE STUDENTJESSICA'S STORY; CARA'S STORY; AMY'S STORY; INFORMANTS' COMMENTS ON SMALL TALK; AMY'S STORY; THRESHING IT OUT; 4 -- Power, Aggression, and Assertion: Who Gets to Speak?; DEBORAH'S STORY; JADE'S STORY; ANN'S STORY; THRESHING IT OUT: ANN'S GEMS; THRESHING IT OUT; 5 -- The Power of the Suit: Dressing for Success According to Whom?; THRESHING IT OUT; 6 -- Communicating as Professionals in STEM: Some Closing Thoughts; SADIE'S STORY; MARY'S STORY; JANE'S STORY; LORI'S STORY

Sommario/riassunto

Communicating as Women in STEM discusses various communication styles, also demonstrating how principles can be applied during



interpersonal interactions in day-to-day environments. It provides women and other underrepresented groups, faculty and administrators with the tools they need to break barriers raised by different communication styles within the STEM fields. Sections cover tactics on how to become more aware of communication patterns and how to cope with, and improve, communication. This practical resource for women in the STEM fields is also ideal for mentors, educators, advisers and organizations interested in encouraging women to choose and remain in these fields. -- Provided by publisher.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792038103321

Autore

Lewis Sian

Titolo

The Athenian Woman [[electronic resource] ] : An Iconographic Handbook

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

0-203-35119-3

1-299-28675-5

1-135-12825-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Disciplina

305.40938

Soggetti

Athens

Greece

History

Vase painting, Greek

Vases, Greek

Women

Women in art

Women - History - To 500 - Greece

Women - History

Women in art - Themes, motives

Pottery, Greek

Gender & Ethnic Studies

Social Sciences

Gender Studies & Sexuality

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 (pages 247-257) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Becoming visible; 2 Domestic labour; 3 Working women; 4 The women's room; 5 Women and men; Conclusion; Glossary; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Here Sian Lewis considers the full range of female existence in classical Greece - childhood and old age, unfree and foreign status, and the ageless woman characteristic of Athenian red-figure painting.Ceramics are an unparalleled resource for women's lives in ancient Greece, since they show a huge number of female types and activities. Yet it can be difficult to interpret the meanings of these images, especially when they seem to conflict with literary sources.This much-needed study shows that it is vital to see the vases as archaeology as well as art, since context is the ke