Women and Work. Exploring Race, Ethnicity, and Class. Women and Work, Volume 6.

Sonst. Personen	Higginbotham, Elizabeth (Hrsg.); Romero, Mary (Hrsg.)
Titel	Women and Work. Exploring Race, Ethnicity, and Class. Women and Work, Volume 6.
Quelle	(1997), (269 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISSN	0882-0910
ISBN	0-8039-5059-4
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Asian Americans; Blacks; Case Studies; Community Development; Economic Change; Employed Women; Employer Employee Relationship; Employment Patterns; Employment Practices; Employment Problems; Entrepreneurship; Ethnicity; Feminism; Health Occupations; Hispanic Americans; Household Workers; Managerial Occupations; Manufacturing Industry; Race; Racial Discrimination; Salary Wage Differentials; Sex Bias; Sex Discrimination; Social Class; Social Science Research; Unions; Whites; Work Environment; Working Class; Colorado (Denver); Hawaii + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Black person; Schwarzer; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Community; Development; Entwicklung; Ökonomischer Wandel; 'Female employment; Women''s employment'; Frauenbeschäftigung; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Berufspraxis; Beschäftigungssituation; Unternehmungsgeist; Ethnizität; Feminismus; Gesundheitsberuf; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Fertigungswirtschaft; Produzierendes Gewerbe; Rasse; Abstammung; Racial bias; Rassismus; Sex; Discrimination; Geschlecht; Diskriminierung; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Social scientific research; Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung; White; Weißer; Arbeitsmilieu; Arbeiterklasse
Abstract	This book contains 10 papers exploring the effects of race, ethnicity, and class on women in the workplace. The following papers are included: "Series Editors' Introduction" (Ann Stromberg, Barbara A. Gutek, Laurie Larwood); "Introduction" (Elizabeth Higginbotham). The book is organized in four parts. Part I, "Historical and Economic Perspectives," includes: "An Economic Profile of Women in the United States" (Barbara J. Robles); "Speaking Up: The Politics of Black Women's Labor History" (Sharon Harley). Part II, "Manufacturing and Domestic Service," includes: "The Evolution of Alohawear: Colonialism, Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in Hawaii's Garment Industry" (Joyce N. Chinen); "Women's Resistance in the Sun Belt: Anglos and Hispanas Respond to Managerial Control" (Louise Lamphere, Patricia Zavella); "Working 'Without Papers' in the United States: Toward the Integration of Legal Status in Frameworks of Race, Class, and Gender" (Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo). Part III, "Health Care, Professions, Managerial Positions, and Entrepreneurship," includes: "Class Experience and Conflict in a Feminist Workplace: A Case Study" (Sandra Morgen); "Black and White Professional-Managerial Women's Perceptions of Racism and Sexism in the Workplace" (Lynn Weber, Elizabeth Higginbotham); "Korean Immigrant Wives' Labor Force Participation, Marital Power, and Status" (Pyong Gap Min). Part IV, "Working for a Better Community: Dilemmas in Building Solidarity," includes: "Working-Class Mexican-American Women and 'Voluntarism': 'We Have to Do It!'" (Mary Pardo); "The Third Shift: Black Women's Club Activities in Denver, 1900-1925" (Lynda F. Dickson); and "Epilogue" (Mary Romero). Most papers contain substantial bibliographies. (MN)
Anmerkungen	Sage Publications, 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 (paperback: ISBN-0-8039-5059-4; hardcover: ISBN-0-8039-5058-6).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC