Embodying Women’S Work
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What is the relationship between women’s reproductive bodies and women’s productive work?How does women’s potential for maternity affect women’s workplace opportunity?How far can women ‘choose’ and maintain their own embodied boundaries in relation to work and working practices?This fascinating and topical book evaluates the growing debate on gender, women’s bodies, and work. Through the lens of the body – and from a feminist perspective – Gatrell considers women’s work from two angles, the first conceptualizing the labour of maternity as women’s work, the second exploring the dynamics between women’s bodies and employment.The author suggests that maternity constitutes women’s work, with some women `expected’ to produce children, while others are criticised for giving birth. She calls for the re-conceptualization of pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding as forms of labour – asserting that mothers are required to perform particular forms of body work in order to comply with ideals of `good’ mothering and norms of the workplace.
The book observes that these are conflicting requirements, which place irreconcilable demands on women and constrain women’s choice.At the heart of Embodying Women’s Work is the idea that women’s bodies are central to gendered power relations, and remain a negotiated site of power between men and women within late modern society. The book considers women’s bodies in the context of different forms of paid work, discussing how far women remain at an economic disadvantage in comparison with male workers. Embodying Women’s Work is of key interest for students and academics of sociology, social welfare and women’s studies.
- Classifications: Labour economics
- Readership:Tertiary Education (US: College)
- Format: Paperback softback 224 pages
ISBN : 9780335219902
Published : 16 Oct 2008
Author : Caroline Gatrell
Main Material : Paperback softback
Publisher : Open University Press
Size : 230 x 153 (mm)
Weight : 370g
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