Global Perspectives on Gender and Work: Readings and Interpretations
Central to all our lives, work affects our status in the state, the family, and the economy. This comprehensive reader examines the myriad ways in which work_whether it is well-paid, unpaid, or underpaid_profoundly influences our roles in both the public and private spheres. Jacqueline Goodman has selected a key set of essays that examine influential arguments on such central themes as (1) the origins of the gendered division of labor; (2) historical trends and economic transformations that...
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This comprehensive reader examines the myriad ways in which work_whether it is well-paid, unpaid, or underpaid_profoundly influences our roles in both the public and private spheres. Jacqueline Goodman has selected a key set of essays that examine influential arguments on the multifaceted ways in which gender inequality is linked to market and non-market work. The readings also explore paths to greater gender equality, as well as the ways in which men, women, and children both have adapted to and resisted their subordinate position in the global economy. With its rich interdisciplinary perspective, this text will be ideal for courses in sociology, political science, and women's and gender studies.
Part 1 Origins of the Gendered Division of Labor Chapter 2 The Problem with Sex/Gender and Nature/Nurture Chapter 3 "Night to His Day": The Social Construction of Gender Chapter 4 Culture, Gender, and Math Chapter 5 Montagnais Women and the Jesuit Program for Colonization Chapter 6 Capitalism, Patriarchy and Job Segregation by Sex Part 7 Gender and Work in History Chapter 8 Women's Work and the Family in Nineteenth-Century Europe Chapter 9 Housewifery: Household Work and Household Tools under Pre-Industrial Conditions Chapter 10 Black Women, Work and the Family under Slavery Chapter 11 The Paradox of Motherhood: Night Work Restrictions in the United States Part 12 Gender, Wages, and Inequality Chapter 13 Still A Man's Labor Market: The Long-Term Earnings Gap Chapter 14 The Social Organization of Toy Stores Chapter 15 The Milk of Human Kindness Part 16 Gender, Management, and the Professions Chapter 17 The Impact of Hierarchical Structures on the Work Behavior of Women and Men Chapter 18 Women and Men as Litigators: Gender Differences on the Job Chapter 19 The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the "Female" Professions Chapter 20 Black Mobility in White Corporations: Up the Corporate Ladder But Out on a Limb Chapter 21 Gender and Labor in Asian Immigrant Families Part 22 Gender and Low-Waged Work Chapter 23 The Interlocking of Gender with Nationality, Race, Ethnicity and Class: The Narratives of Women in Hotel Work Chapter 24 "Outsider Within" the Station House: The Impact of Race and Gender on Black Women Police Chapter 25 When Feminism Had Class Chapter 26 Myths of Docile Girls and Matriarchs: Local Profiles of Global Workers Part 27 Gender and the Global Division of Labor Chapter 28 New World Domestic Order Chapter 29 Trope Chasing: Making a Local Labor Market Chapter 30 Imagining Sex and Gender in the Workplace Chapter 31 Breadwinners No More: Masculinity in Flux Chapter 32 Thailand: Because She Looks Like a Child Part 33 Gendered Discrimination at Work Chapter 34 Unconsciousness Raising Chapter 35 The Hidden Discourse of Masculinity in Gender Discrimination Law Chapter 36 "That Single Mother Element": How White Employers Typify Black Women Chapter 37 Marking Gender Boundaries: Porn, Piss, Power Tools Chapter 38 Men Behaving Badly Part 39 Family, Gender, and Work Chapter 40 The Administrative Mother Chapter 41 Black Mothering, Paid Work and Identity Chapter 42 Families on the Frontier: From Braceros in the Fields to Braceras in the Home Chapter 43 More Alike Than Different: Revisiting the Long-Term Prospects for Developing "European Style" Work/Family Policies in the United States Part 44 A Sample of Policy Alternatives Chapter 45 The Stool Makers of Jobra Village Chapter 46 Women's Education: A Global Challenge Chapter 47 Affirmative Action at School and on the Job Chapter 48 Support for Working Families
\ ChoiceGender-based division of labor is a problem that plagues nations, developed and developing alike. What are the origins of gendered division of labor? Does it have roots in biological differences between men and women and the social construction of gender? What forms did or does the division of labor take? How and why do societies justify divisions of labor? How does the division of labor impact women and men? Edited by Goodman (State Univ. of New York, Potsdam), this volume of 39 articles addresses these fundamental questions in a comprehensive manner. The topic is initiated with a helpful section on the origins and meaning of sex and gender and the division of labor. A section on the history of gender and work follows. Also included are two sections on wage inequality and discrimination in the workplace and sections on the global division of labor, gender and family, and policy alternatives. The reference list is an additional attraction. This is an extremely useful resource for labor, social science, and gender studies collections. Highly recommended.\ \ \ \ \ Sandra SarkelaJacqueline Goodman’s invaluable collection of classic and contemporary essays on women and work is unique in that it brings together in one place a comprehensive survey of the issues surrounding this important topic, while introducing readers to many of the most significant scholars in the field. Her book will be of great interest to anyone who is concerned about the history and progress of women in the workplace.\ \ \ Katherine NewmanJacqueline Goodman and her collaborators take on the most fundamental questions at the intersection of gender and labor in this important volume. A must read for anyone interested in the role of gender differences in pay, mobility, and occupational specialization, this book brings the leading authors on all of these topics together in one place. It is a critical contribution to the interdisciplinary literature on work.\ \ \ \ \ Jamie F. DanglerThis book is both accessible and sophisticated in its exploration of fundamental questions related to gender and work. Jacqueline Goodman and her contributors analyze the historical and contemporary realities of the work-family nexus that shapes and is shaped by the social construction and reconstruction of gender over time and place. All the important bases are covered—from the origin and contemporary manifestations of global gender divisions to analyses of persistent inequalities to classic questions about individualist vs. structural perspectives on possibilities for change. This book is an asset to students, scholars, and anyone else interested in understanding the dynamic intersection of gender and work.\ \ \ \ \ CHOICEGender-based division of labor is a problem that plagues nations, developed and developing alike. What are the origins of gendered division of labor? Does it have roots in biological differences between men and women and the social construction of gender? What forms did or does the division of labor take? How and why do societies justify divisions of labor? How does the division of labor impact women and men? Edited by Goodman (State Univ. of New York, Potsdam), this volume of 39 articles addresses these fundamental questions in a comprehensive manner. The topic is initiated with a helpful section on the origins and meaning of sex and gender and the division of labor. A section on the history of gender and work follows. Also included are two sections on wage inequality and discrimination in the workplace and sections on the global division of labor, gender and family, and policy alternatives. The reference list is an additional attraction. This is an extremely useful resource for labor, social science, and gender studies collections. Highly recommended.\ \ \ \ \ Cynthia EnloeJacqueline Goodman has given us all a savvy collection that reveals how much smart feminist investigating and thinking has been done about women's and men's complex engagements with paid and unpaid work. This is one of the most up-to-date, worldly, and analytically sharp edited volumes I've seen. Toy store clerking, bathtub cleaning, and night work will never look the same.\ \
