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Book SynopsisCentral 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 workwhether it is well-paid, unpaid, or underpaidprofoundly 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 affect and are affected by women's position in market and non-market work; (3) the effects of occupational and job segregation by sex on status, pay, and promotion; (4) the ways in which formal and informal organizational culture shape and in turn are shaped by gender in professional and managerial positions; (5) class consciousness among wage-earning men and women; (6) the different forms of gender discrimination that women and men face in the workplace; (7) the problems working parents face and the
Trade ReviewGender-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, 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. * CHOICE *
Jacqueline 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. -- Sandra Sarkela, University of Memphis
Jacqueline 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. -- Katherine Newman, Princeton University
This 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. -- Jamie F. Dangler, author of Hidden in the Home: The Role of Waged Homework in the Modern World-Economy
Jacqueline 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. -- Cynthia Enloe, Clark University; author of The Curious Feminist: Searching for Women in a New Age of Empire
Table of ContentsPart I: Origins of the Gendered Division of Labor Chapter 1: The Problem with Sex/Gender and Nature/Nurture Anne Fausto-Sterling Chapter 2: "Night to His Day": The Social Construction of Gender Judith Lorber Chapter 3: Culture, Gender, and Math Luigi Guiso, Ferdinando Monte, Paola Sapienza, and Luigi Zingales Chapter 4: Montagnais Women and the Jesuit Program for Colonization Eleanor Leacock Chapter 5: Capitalism, Patriarchy, and Job Segregation by Sex Heidi Hartmann Part II: Gender and Work in History Chapter 6: Women's Work and the Family in Nineteenth-Century Europe Joan W. Scott and Louise A. Tilly Chapter 7: Housewifery: Household Work and Household Tools under Pre-Industrial Conditions Ruth Schwartz Cowan Chapter 8: Black Women, Work, and the Family under Slavery Jacqueline Jones Chapter 9: The Paradox of Motherhood: Night Work Restrictions in the United States Alice Kessler-Harris Part III: Gender, Wages, and Inequality Chapter 10: Still A Man's Labor Market: The Long-Term Earnings Gap Ashley English and Ariane Hegewisch Chapter 11: The Social Organization of Toy Stores Christine L. Williams Chapter 12: The Milk of Human Kindness Nancy Folbre Part IV: Gender, Management, and the Professions Chapter 13: The Impact of Hierarchical Structures on the Work Behavior of Women and Men Rosabeth Moss Kanter Chapter 14: Women and Men as Litigators: Gender Differences on the Job Jennifer Pierce Chapter 15: The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the "Female" Professions Christine L. Williams Chapter 16: Black Mobility in White Corporations: Up the Corporate Ladder but Out on a Limb Sharon M. Collins Chapter 17: Gender and Labor in Asian Immigrant Families Yen Le Espiritu Part V: Gender and Low-Waged Work Chapter 18: The Interlocking of Gender with Nationality, Race, Ethnicity, and Class: The Narratives of Women in Hotel Work Amel Adib and Yvonne Guerrier Chapter 19: "Outsider Within" the Station House: The Impact of Race and Gender on Black Women Police Susan E. Martin Chapter 20: When Feminism Had Class Dorothy Sue Cobble Chapter 21: Myths of Docile Girls and Matriarchs: Local Profiles of Global Workers Carla Freeman Part VI: Gender and the Global Division of Labor Chapter 22: New World Domestic Order Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo Chapter 23: Trope Chasing: Making a Local Labor Market Leslie Salzinger Chapter 24: Imagining Sex and Gender in the Workplace Pun Ngai Chapter 25: Breadwinners No More: Masculinity in Flux Michele Ruth Gamburd Chapter 26: Thailand: Because She Looks Like a Child Kevin Bales Part VII: Gendered Discrimination at Work Chapter 27: Unconsciousness Raising Barbara Reskin Chapter 28: The Hidden Discourse of Masculinity in Gender Discrimination Law Tyson Smith and Michael Kimmel Chapter 29: "That Single Mother Element": How White Employers Typify Black Women Ivy Kennelly Chapter 30: Marking Gender Boundaries: Porn, Piss, Power Tools Susan Eisenberg Chapter 31: Men Behaving Badly Margaret Talbot Part VIII: Family, Gender, and Work Chapter 32: The Administrative Mother Arlie Russell Hochschild Chapter 33: Black Mothering, Paid Work, and Identity Tracey Reynolds Chapter 34: Families on the Frontier: From Braceros in the Fields to Braceras in the Home Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo Chapter 35: More Alike than Different: Revisiting the Long-Term Prospects for Developing "European Style" Work/Family Policies in the United States Janet C. Gornick and Marcia K. Meyers Part IX: A Sample of Policy Alternatives Chapter 36: The Stool Makers of Jobra Village Muhammad Yunus Chapter 37: Women's Education: A Global Challenge Martha C. Nussbaum Chapter 38: Affirmative Action at School and on the Job Shannon Harper and Barbara Reskin Chapter 39: Support for Working Families Janet C. Gornick and Marcia K. Meyers
