Working Women
International Perspectives on Labour and Gender Ideology
Published on 4. April 1991
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-415-01842-5 (ISBN)
Description
"Working Women" presents a detailed examination of women's position in the paid workforce in a variety of countries and identifies the common cultural and economic factors which create disadvantage. Believing that awareness is the precondition to change, the contributors offer insights into the reasons for unequal conditions through studies of women's work in the diverse contexts of retailing, library work, employment in Turkish factories, veiling by women workers in Egypt and sex tourism in South East Asia.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
420 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-01842-5 (9780415018425)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
1. Women, Work and Skill: Economic Theories and Feminist Perspectives, M. Thea Sinclair 2. Library Work: Gender and the limitations of Dual Labour Market Theory, Maura Luck 3. Images and Goods: Women in Retailing, Adelina Broadbridge 4. Shop Floor Control: The Ideological Construction of Turkish Women Factory Workers, Yildiz Ecevit 5. Prostitution and Tourism in South East Asia, Wendy Lee 6. Return to the Veil: Personal Strategy and Public Participation in Egypt, Homa Hoodfar 7. Women in Struggle: A Case Study in a Kent Mining Community, Avril Leonard 8. Women Shop Stewards in a County Branch of NALGO, Jenny Walton 9. Money and Power: Evaluating Income Generating Projects for Women, Joy Lyon 10. Greek Women and Tourism: Women's Agro-Tourist Co-operatives as an Alternative Form of Organisation, Mary Castelberg-Koulma 11. A Feminist Business in a Capitalist World: Silver Moon Women's Bookshop, Jane Cholmeley.