Homeworking Women: Gender, Racism and Class at Work

by Carol Wolkowitz and Annie Phizacklea

Book Overview

In this book the authors argue that homeworking replicates wider divisions in the labour force and that its potential for improving women's employment opportunities is therefore limited. Using original research, they outline the advantages and disadvantages, the pay and conditions, and the family situations for contemporary women homeworkers. Gender, class, racism and ethnicity are shown to be key factors in constructing the homeworking labour force...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803988737
• ISBN13: 9780803988736
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Sage Publications UK
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"