{"product_id":"gender-differences-at-work-women-and-men-in-non-traditional-occupations-paperback-1","title":"Gender Differences at Work: Women and Men in Non-Traditional Occupations - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristine L. Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNurses and marines epitomize accepted definitions of femininity and masculinity. Using ethnographic research and provocative in-depth interviews, Christine Williams argues that our popular stereotypes of individuals in nontraditional occupations-male nurses and female marines for example-are entirely unfounded. This new perspective helps to account for the stubborn resilience of occupational stratification in the face of affirmative action and other anti-discrimination policies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliams' cleverly conceived study . . . makes for completely fascinating reading. This creative and original research demonstrates for us that the maintenanace and reproduction of gender identity is very different for men and for women and that it is different when men enter a female professional preserve and when women enter one that has been both male and masculine. A wonderful book!--Nancy Chodorow, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Reproduction of Mothering\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this fascinating book, Christine Williams demonstrates that a sociology informed by psychoanalysis can give us important insights into the nature of our society and culture, especially in regard to the ambiguous and ambivalent attitudes that define our gender relations.\"--Eli Sagan, author of \u003ci\u003eFreud, Women, and Morality\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristine L. Williams \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Sociology and the Elsie and Stanley E. (Skinny) Adams, Sr. Centennial Professor in Liberal Arts at the University of Texas, Austin, and is coeditor, with Jeffrey Alexander and Gary Marx, of \u003ci\u003eSelf, Structure, and Beliefs \u003c\/i\u003e(California, 2004), and the author of \u003ci\u003eStill a Man's World \u003c\/i\u003e(California, 1995) and \u003ci\u003eInside Toyland \u003c\/i\u003e(California, 2006).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 206\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 8.21 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 08, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52731611742515,"sku":"9780520074255","price":60.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/alhacmM5ZkNyaVUwK3BnVk81a2Vkdz09_54305d9c-a999-48cf-a36e-8027b7a8df18.webp?v=1763863226","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/gender-differences-at-work-women-and-men-in-non-traditional-occupations-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}