Gender Shrapnel in the Academic Workplace 2016
Published on 24. May 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-349-70314-2 (ISBN)
Description
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 ceiling, Mayock explores the deeper implications of gender inequity in the workplace.
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Edition
2015 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
biography
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-349-70314-2 (9781349703142)
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-50830-0
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Ellen Mayock
Gender Shrapnel in the Academic Workplace
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05/2016
Palgrave MacMillan
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Person
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.
Content
Section 1: Gender Shrapnel Chapter 1: Gendered Stories, Hybrid Methods Chapter 2: Back When I Wasn't a Feminist Chapter 3: Narratives of Gender Shrapnel Section 2: Gender Problems in the Workplace Chapter 4: The Enduring Feminine Mystique Chapter 5: Institutional Language(s) and the Enactment of Language Chapter 6: The Cycle of Harassment in the Workplace Chapter 7: On Emotion, Silence, and Shutting Up Chapter 8: The 'Glass Ceiling' and Hiring, Training, and Promotion Section 3: Solutions Chapter 9: To be PC or not to be PC, That is the Question Chapter 10: Thinking about Institutional Language in New Ways Chapter 11: Common Denominators and Potential Modes of Communication Chapter 12: 'Tempered Radicalism' and Holding the Powerful Accountable Chapter 13: 'Small Wins': Establishing Dependable and Flexible Institutional Structures Chapter 14: Training Principles: Checks and Balances, Sample Training Sessions, and Recommendations for Promoting an Equitable Work Environment Section 4: Case Studies in Gender Shrapnel Chapter 15: Gender Shrapnel Case Studies Section 5: Clearing the Shrapnel Chapter 16: Final Remarks Appendix: Instructor's Guide. Case Studies in Gender Shrapnel Bibliography