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Working Women in America: Split Dreams

Working Women in America: Split Dreams

Carter, Gregg Lee
Hesse-Biber, Sharlene

Paperback

General SociologySocial MovementsWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0195150473
ISBN13: 9780195150476
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Oct 14 2004
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.57 Width: 6.24 Depth: 9.18
Language: English
The second edition of Working Women in America: Split Dreams highlights current research on critical issues affecting American women in today's global workplace. It features updated information and examples, including extended discussions of women's activism within and outside of the workplace, the impact of globalization, the effects of the glass ceiling and sexual harassment, and women's roles in the U.S. labor movement. Retaining the focus of the first edition, this text emphasizes the continuity of women's work experience. It seeks to dispel the misconception that women's work is a recent phenomenon, when in fact women have been working throughout history. The book also addresses the constant tension and multiple roles that women must manage. The lives of working women are indeed characterized by split dreams most women who work are constantly juggling their work and family dreams. It is therefore misleading to concentrate solely on the workplace when seeking to understand women's position at work. Rather, one must pay attention to the connections among societal institutions. To this end, the authors argue for and utilize a structural approach-one that examines the ways in which the economy, education, the family, and the polity reflect and influence one another and help reinforce women's subordination. Only when these connections are brought to light is it possible to begin to formulate alternatives to conventional ideas concerning work, family, and gender roles.

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