Gender Shrapnel in the Academic Workplace
Ellen C. Mayock
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Description for Gender Shrapnel in the Academic Workplace
Hardback. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ; JNK; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
This book employs the image of shrapnel, bits of scattered metal that can hit purposeful targets or unwitting bystanders, to narrate the story of workplace power and gender discrimination. The project interweaves stories of gender shrapnel with an examination of national rhetoric surrounding business, education, and law to uncover underlying phenomena that contribute to discourse on privilege and gender in the academic workplace. Using concrete examples that serve as case studies for subsequent discussion of data about women in the workforce, language use and misuse, sexual harassment, silence and shutting up, and hiring, training, promotion, and the glass ... Read more
This book employs the image of shrapnel, bits of scattered metal that can hit purposeful targets or unwitting bystanders, to narrate the story of workplace power and gender discrimination. The project interweaves stories of gender shrapnel with an examination of national rhetoric surrounding business, education, and law to uncover underlying phenomena that contribute to discourse on privilege and gender in the academic workplace. Using concrete examples that serve as case studies for subsequent discussion of data about women in the workforce, language use and misuse, sexual harassment, silence and shutting up, and hiring, training, promotion, and the glass ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
470g
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137514622
SKU
V9781137514622
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About Ellen C. Mayock
Ellen Mayock is the Ernest Williams II Professor of Spanish and Core Faculty in Women's and Gender Studies at Washington and Lee University, Virginia, USA. She has published broadly on contemporary Spanish and Latin American literature and cultures as well as on feminist theories and practice.
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