Main entry:

Hanson, Susan, 1943-

Title & Author:

Gender, work, and space / Susan Hanson and Geraldine Pratt.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.

Description:

xvi, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Series:

International studies of women and place

Restrictions:

Online version licensed for access by U. of T. users.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-264) and index.
1. Spatial Stories and Gendered Practices -- 2. Continuity and Change in Worcester, Massachusetts -- 3. The Worcester Study -- 4. The Friction of Distance and Gendered Geographies of Employment -- 5. Household Arrangements and the Geography of Employment -- 6. Employer Practices, Local Labor Markets, and Occupational Segregation -- 7. Communities, Work, and Gender Relations -- 8. Crossing Boundaries.

Summary:

This qualitative and quantitative study of a contemporary city establishes that many women, especially those with heavy household responsibilities, are dependent on extremely local employment opportunities. Women's dependence on locally available jobs focuses attention on the existence of different employment districts throughout the city. The argument is that social, economic, and geographic boundaries are overlaid and intertwined. As employers locate firms to seek out labor with particular social characteristics, social and occupational differences are mapped in place. Neighborhood-based differences in community resources, occupational opportunities, labor processes, scheduling of work, and cultures of parenting affect the ways that families order their lives and that gender relations are enacted in daily life.
Gender, Work, and Space contributes to debates about the geography of labor market segmentation, to our understanding of sex-based occupational segregation, and, in the close attention given to the construction of social, geographic, economic, and symbolic boundaries in ordinary lives, provides a counterbalance to the focus on mobility within contemporary feminist theory.
Gender, Work, and Space explores how boundaries get constructed between women and men, and among women living in different neighborhoods. The focus is on work, the segregation of men and women into different occupations, and variations in women's work experiences in different parts of the city. The book argues that these differences are grounded and constituted in and through space, place, and situated social networks.

Resources:
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ISBN:

0415099404
9780415099400
0415099412 (pbk.)
9780415099417 (pbk.)

Subject:

Börngen, ...
Women Employment Massachusetts Worcester.
Femmes Travail Massachusetts Worcester Cas, Études de.
Rôle selon le sexe Massachusetts Worcester Cas, Études de.
Women Employment
Arbeitsplatz
Berufstätigkeit
Standort
Frau
Sekseverschillen.
Vrouwenarbeid.
Women.
Womyn.
women workers.
sexual division of labour.
labour market segmentation.
sex discrimination.
social structure.
geographical aspect.
labour mobility.
management attitude.
recruitment.
family responsibilities.
social network.
statistical table.
Women Employment Massachusetts Lowell History.
Sex role.
Sex differences Social aspects.
Employment (Economic theory) Sex differences.
Human geography.
Discrimination sexuelle dans l'emploi États-Unis Worcester (Mass ; comté)
Américaines.
Rôle selon le sexe Massachusetts (États-Unis) Cas, Études de.
Femmes Travail États-Unis Worcester (Mass ; comté)
travailleuses.
division du travail basée sur le sexe.
segmentation du marché du travail.
discrimination fondée sur le sexe.
structure sociale.
aspect géographique.
mobilité de la main-d'oeuvre.
attitude patronale.
recrutement.
responsabilités familiales.
réseau social.
tableau statistique.
trabajadoras.
división del trabajo por sexo.
segmentación del mercado de trabajo.
discriminación por razones de sexo.
estructura social.
aspecto geográfico.
movilidad de la mano de obra.
actitud de la dirección.
contratación.
responsabilidades familiares.
red social.
cuadros estadísticos.
Massachusetts Worcester
USA.
Etats-Unis.
Estados Unidos.

Form/genre:

case study.
bibliography.
graph.
photograph.
étude de cas.
bibliographie.
graphique.
photographie.
estudio de casos.
bibliografía.
fotografía.
gráfico.

Added entries:

Pratt, Geraldine.
International studies of women and place.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 109406
Call No.: ID HD6096.W67.H36; ID:96-B1498
Status: Available