Unbending gender [[electronic resource] ] : why family and work conflict and what to do about it / / Joan Williams
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Williams Joan <1952->
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Unbending gender [[electronic resource] ] : why family and work conflict and what to do about it / / Joan Williams
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2000 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.3/6 |
| Soggetto topico: | Work and family - United States |
| Sexual division of labor - United States | |
| Mothers - Employment - United States | |
| Families - Economic aspects - United States | |
| Work and family - United States - Forecasting | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-333) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | pt. 1. Unbending gender in social life -- pt. 2. Unbending gender talk (including feminism). |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In Unbending Gender, Joan Williams takes a hard look at the state of feminism in America. Concerned by what she finds--young women who flatly refuse to identify themselves as feminists and working-class and minority women who feel the movement hasn't addressed the issues that dominate their daily lives--she outlines a new vision of feminism that calls for workplaces focused on the needs of families and, in divorce cases, recognition of the value of family work and its impact on women's earning power. Williams shows that workplaces are designed around men's bodies and life patterns in ways that |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Unbending gender |
| ISBN: | 1-283-09801-6 |
| 9786613098016 | |
| 0-19-977189-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910460347003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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