Women and Work: Vol 6: Exploring Race, Ethnicity and Class: Women and Work: A Research and Policy Series, cartea 6
Editat de Elizabeth Higginbotham, Mary Romeroen Limba Engleză Electronic book text – 19 oct 2012
With the emphasis on women from non-white or working-class backgrounds,
Women and Workassesses women's abilities to control their work environments, how they see themselves and their options in the work place. Throughout, the collection addresses such topics as the integration of work and family, women's vision of their own work and consciousness as employees, and women's resistance to exploitative and limiting work.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781452246642
ISBN-10: 1452246645
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 mm
Ediția:1
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications, Inc
Seria Women and Work: A Research and Policy Series
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States
ISBN-10: 1452246645
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 mm
Ediția:1
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications, Inc
Seria Women and Work: A Research and Policy Series
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States
Cuprins
PART
ONE:
INTRODUCTION
Introduction - Elizabeth Higginbotham
PART TWO: HISTORICAL AND ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES
Introduction - Elizabeth Higginbotham
An Economic Profile of Women in the United States - Barbara Robles
Speaking Up - Sharon Harley
The Politics of Black Women's Labor History
PART THREE: MANUFACTURING AND DOMESTIC SERVICE
Introduction - Mary Romero
The Evolution of `Alohawear' - Joyce Chinen
Colonialism, Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender in Hawaii's Garment Industry
Everyday Work Experiences - Louise Lamphere
Mexican American and Anglo Women in the Sunbelt Factories
Working `without Papers' in the US - Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo
Towards the Integration of Legal Status in Frameworks of Race, Class and Gender
PART FOUR: HEALTH CARE, PROFESSIONS, MANAGERIAL AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Introduction - Elizabeth Higginbotham
Class Experience and Conflict in Feminist Workplaces - Sandra Morgen
A Case Study
Black and White Professional-Managerial Women's Perceptions of Racism and Sexism in the Workplace - Lynn Weber and Elizabeth Higginbotham
Immigrant Entrepreneurship, the Increase in Wife's Economic Role and Unequal Social Rewards - Pyong Gap Min
Koreans in New York City
PART FIVE: WORKING FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY: DILEMMAS IN BUILDING SOLIDARITY
Introduction - Mary Romero
Working-Class Mexican American Women and `Voluntarism' - Mary Pardo
`We Had to Do It'
The Third Shift - Lynda Dickson
Black Women's Club Activities in Denver, 1900-1925
PART SIX: EPILOG
Epilogue - Mary Romero
Introduction - Elizabeth Higginbotham
PART TWO: HISTORICAL AND ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES
Introduction - Elizabeth Higginbotham
An Economic Profile of Women in the United States - Barbara Robles
Speaking Up - Sharon Harley
The Politics of Black Women's Labor History
PART THREE: MANUFACTURING AND DOMESTIC SERVICE
Introduction - Mary Romero
The Evolution of `Alohawear' - Joyce Chinen
Colonialism, Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender in Hawaii's Garment Industry
Everyday Work Experiences - Louise Lamphere
Mexican American and Anglo Women in the Sunbelt Factories
Working `without Papers' in the US - Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo
Towards the Integration of Legal Status in Frameworks of Race, Class and Gender
PART FOUR: HEALTH CARE, PROFESSIONS, MANAGERIAL AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Introduction - Elizabeth Higginbotham
Class Experience and Conflict in Feminist Workplaces - Sandra Morgen
A Case Study
Black and White Professional-Managerial Women's Perceptions of Racism and Sexism in the Workplace - Lynn Weber and Elizabeth Higginbotham
Immigrant Entrepreneurship, the Increase in Wife's Economic Role and Unequal Social Rewards - Pyong Gap Min
Koreans in New York City
PART FIVE: WORKING FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY: DILEMMAS IN BUILDING SOLIDARITY
Introduction - Mary Romero
Working-Class Mexican American Women and `Voluntarism' - Mary Pardo
`We Had to Do It'
The Third Shift - Lynda Dickson
Black Women's Club Activities in Denver, 1900-1925
PART SIX: EPILOG
Epilogue - Mary Romero
Descriere
How
race,
ethnicity
and
social
class
shape
the
working
lives,
working
conditions
and
wages
of
women
is
explored
in
this
collection
of
original
research
articles.
With the emphasis on women from non-white or working-class backgrounds,
Women and Workassesses women's abilities to control their work environments, how they see themselves and their options in the work place. Throughout, the collection addresses such topics as the integration of work and family, women's vision of their own work and consciousness as employees, and women's resistance to exploitative and limiting work.
With the emphasis on women from non-white or working-class backgrounds,
Women and Workassesses women's abilities to control their work environments, how they see themselves and their options in the work place. Throughout, the collection addresses such topics as the integration of work and family, women's vision of their own work and consciousness as employees, and women's resistance to exploitative and limiting work.