03442nam 2200721Ia 450 991014412070332120170815114926.01-281-84068-897866118406860-470-71289-90-470-71264-3(CKB)1000000000555326(EBL)366888(OCoLC)476202198(SSID)ssj0000117569(PQKBManifestationID)11136274(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000117569(PQKBWorkID)10049442(PQKB)10598687(MiAaPQ)EBC366888(MiAaPQ)EBC7076234(Au-PeEL)EBL7076234(EXLCZ)99100000000055532619970218d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCapital culture[electronic resource] gender at work in the city /Linda McDowellOxford, UK ;Malden, MA Blackwell Publishers19971 online resource (258 p.)Studies in urban and social changeDescription based upon print version of record.0-631-20531-4 0-631-20530-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-235) and index.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/PlacesAppendix: The Field WorkBibliography; IndexThe 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 particularly on the gender relations between the men and women who work in the financial services sector. The multiple ways in which masculinities and femininities are constructed is revealed through the analysis of interviews with dealers, traders, analysts and corporate financiers. Drawing on a range of disciplinaryStudies in urban and social change.Sexual division of laborEnglandLondonSex role in the work environmentEnglandLondonFinancial services industryEnglandLondonWomen employeesEnglandLondonInterviewsMale employeesEnglandLondonInterviewsElectronic books.Sexual division of laborSex role in the work environmentFinancial services industryWomen employeesMale employees305.43332306.3/615/09421361.6/1/0941McDowell Linda1949-275981MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910144120703321Capital culture2226300UNINA