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Capital culture : gender at work in the city /

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The changing nature of waged work in contemporary advanced industrial nations is one of the most significant aspects of political and economic debate. It is also the subject of intense debate among observers of gender. Capital Culture explores these changes focusing particularly on the gender relati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McDowell, Linda, 1949-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 1997.
Series:Studies in urban and social change.
Subjects:
Sexual division of labor > England > London.
Sex role in the work environment > England > London.
Financial services industry > England > London.
Women employees > England > London > Interviews.
Male employees > England > London > Interviews.
Financial services industry
London
England
Interview
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Money and Work
  • pt. I Gender at Work
  • 1. Thinking through Work: Gender, Power and Space
  • 2. City Work/Places: The Old and New City
  • 3. Gendered Work Patterns
  • 4. Gendered Career Paths
  • 5. Culture of Banking: Reproducing Class and Gender Divisions
  • pt. II Bodies at Work
  • 6. Engendered Cultures: The Impossibility of Being a Man
  • 7. Body Work 1: Men Behaving Badly
  • 8. Body Work 2: The Masqueraders
  • 9. Conclusions: Rethinking Work/Places
  • Appendix. Field Work.