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Autore |
McDowell Linda <1949-> |
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Capital culture : gender at work in the city / / Linda McDowell |
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Oxford, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Publishers, , [1997] |
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©1997 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-84068-8 |
9786611840686 |
0-470-71289-9 |
0-470-71264-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (258 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in urban and social change |
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Soggetti |
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Sex role in the work environment - England - London |
Sexual division of labor - England - London |
Male employees - England - London |
Women employees - England - London |
Financial services industry - England - London |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-235) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Capital Culture: Gender at Work in the City; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Series Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Money and Work; Part I: Gender at Work; 1 Thinking through Work: Gender, Power and Space; 2 City Work/Places: The Old and New City; 3 Gendered Work Patterns; 4 Gendered Career Paths; 5 The Culture of Banking: Reproducing Class and Gender Divisions; Part II: Bodies at Work; 6 Engendered Cultures: The Impossibility of Being a Man; 7 Body Work 1: Men Behaving Badly; 8 Body Work 2: The Masqueraders; 9 Conclusions: Rethinking Work/Places |
Appendix: The Field WorkBibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The changing nature of waged work in contemporary advanced industrial nations is one of the most significant aspects of political and economic debate. It is also the subject of intense debate among observers of gender. Capital Culture explores these changes focusing |
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