Homeworking Women: Gender, Racism and Class at Work - Softcover

Phizacklea, Annie; Wolkowitz, Carol

 
9780803988743: Homeworking Women: Gender, Racism and Class at Work
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0803988745 ISBN 13: 9780803988743
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1995

Inhaltsangabe

An up-to-date overview of all types of home-based work is provided in this volume, which makes an important contribution to sociological and policy debates on homeworking.

The authors argue that homeworking replicates wider divisions in the labour force and that its potential for improving women's employment opportunities is therefore limited. Using original research, they outline the advantages and disadvantages, the pay and conditions, and the family situations for contemporary women homeworkers. Gender, class, racism and ethnicity are shown to be key factors in constructing the homeworking labour force. The authors acknowledge the shared position that homeworkers occupy as women, as well as the differences experienced b

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Annie Phizacklea is Professor of Sociology at the University of Leicester. She is author of Unpacking the Fashion Industry: Gender, Racism and Class in Production (1990), and co-author of Labour and Racism (1980) and White Man′s Country: Racism in British Politics (1983).

Carol Wolkowitz is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Warwick. She is co-author of Homeworking: Myths and Realities (1987).

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Verlag
SAGE Publications Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
1995
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0803988745
ISBN 13 
9780803988743
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
164
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