Gender Capital at Work: Intersections of Femininity, Masculinity, Class and Occupation

by Kate Huppatz

Book Overview

Gender Capital at Work uses new data from interviews with nurses, social workers, exotic dancers and hairdressers to explore the processes involved in producing and reproducing gendered and classed workers and occupations. In doing so, this book argues that femininity, femaleness, masculinity and maleness work as assets in feminised occupations and that the concept 'gender capital' may help researches to better understand the complex relationship...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230251994
• ISBN13: 9780230251991
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 199 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"