Gender, Work and Space

ISBN-13: 9780415099400 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 272 str.

Susan Hanson; Geraldine Pratt

Opis

Gender, Work and Space explores how boundaries are constructed between women and men, and among women living in different neighbourhoods. The focus is on work - the segregation of men and women into different occupations, and variations in women's work experiences in different parts of the city. The book argues that these differences are grounded - are constituted in and through - space, place, and situated social networks. A case study of a contemporary city established that many women are dependent on extremely local employment opportunities, expecially those with heavy household responsibilities. Women's dependence on locally available jobs focuses attention on the existence of different employment districts throughout the city. The argument is that social, economic and geographic boundaries are overlaid and intertwined; and as employers locate firms to seek out labour with particular differences in community resources, occupational opportunities, labour processes, scheduling of work and cultures of parenting affect the ways that families order their lives and how gender relations are enacted in daily life.

Recenzje

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Spis treści

1 SPATIAL STORIES AND GENDERED PRACTICES 2 CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS 3 THE WORCESTER STUDY 4 THE FRICTION OF DISTANCE AND GENDERED GEOGRAPHIES OF EMPLOYMENT 5 HOUSEHOLD ARRANGEMENTS AND THE GEOGRAPHY OF EMPLOYMENT 6 EMPLOYER PRACTICES, LOCAL LABOR MARKETS, AND OCCUPATIONAL SEGREGATION 7 COMMUNITIES, WORK, AND GENDER RELATIONS 8 CROSSING BOUNDARIES

O autorze

Susan Hanson, Geraldine Pratt