Gender, Emotions and Labour Markets - Asian and Western Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780415563895 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 143 str.

Ann Brooks

Opis

The concept of emotional labour has largely emerged from the analysis of organizations in the West. However, little has been written about the issue of what defines emotional labour and how it is configured in different cultural contexts. This book addresses this gap in the literature.

Spis treści

Introduction: Contemporary Theorizing on Emotions and Emotional Labour Social and Cultural Context of Gender in Asia 1. Globalization, Labour Force Participation and the Gender Gap 2. Changing Patterns of Caregiving and Emotional Labour in Asia 3. Globalization, the ‘Feminization of Migration’ and Emotional Labour  4. Human Rights and Female Migrant Labour in Asia  5. Women Executives and Emotional Labour: The Work-Life Balance of Professional Women in the Asia-Pacific and the U.S. 6. Servicing High-End Professional Migrant and Local Populations: Female Migrant Labour as a Transnational Community 7. Men Masculinity and Emotional Labour Conclusion  Bibliography

O autorze

Ann Brooks is Professor of Sociology and Cultural Studies at the University of Adelaide. She is author of Academic Women (Open University Press, 1997); Postfeminisms: Feminism, Cultural Theory and Cultural Forms (Routledge, 1997); and Gendered Work in Asian Cities: The New Economy and Changing Labour Markets (Ashgate, 2006). Her latest book is: Social Theory in Contemporary Asia: Intimacy, Reflexivity and Identity (Routledge 2010). Her forthcoming books include Emotions in Transmigration: Transformation, Movement and Identity (Palgrave 2011) and a co-edited collection (with David Lemmings) on the history of emotions in the work of Norbert Elias. Theresa Devasahayam is Fellow and Gender Studies Programme Coordinator at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore. She is co-editor of Working and Mothering in Asia: Images, Ideologies and Identities (National University of Singapore Press 2007) and editor of Gender Trends in Southeast Asia: Women Now, Women in the Future (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 2009).