by Ellen Mayock (Author)
Section 1: Gender Shrapnel
Chapter 1: Gendered Stories, Hybrid Methods
Chapter 2: Back When I Wasn't a Feminist
Chapter 3: Narratives of Gender Shrapnel
Section 2: Gender Problems in the Workplace
Chapter 4: The Enduring Feminine Mystique
Chapter 5: Institutional Language(s) and the Enactment of Language
Chapter 6: The Cycle of Harassment in the Workplace
Chapter 7: On Emotion, Silence, and Shutting Up
Chapter 8: The 'Glass Ceiling' and Hiring, Training, and Promotion
Section 3: Solutions
Chapter 9: To be PC or not to be PC, That is the Question
Chapter 10: Thinking about Institutional Language in New Ways
Chapter 11: Common Denominators and Potential Modes of Communication
Chapter 12: 'Tempered Radicalism' and Holding the Powerful Accountable
Chapter 13: 'Small Wins': Establishing Dependable and Flexible Institutional
Structures
Chapter 14: Training Principles: Checks and Balances, Sample Training Sessions, and
Recommendations for Promoting an Equitable Work Environment
Section 4: Case Studies in Gender Shrapnel
Chapter 15: Gender Shrapnel Case Studies
Section 5: Clearing the Shrapnel
Chapter 16: Final Remarks
Appendix: Instructor's Guide. Case Studies in Gender Shrapnel
Bibliography
Back Jacket
This book employs the image of "shrapnel," bits of scattered metal that can hit purposeful targets or unwitting bystanders, to narrate the story of workplace power and gender discrimination. The project interweaves stories of gender shrapnel with an examination of national rhetoric surrounding business, education, and law to uncover underlying phenomena that contribute to discourse on privilege and gender in the academic workplace. Using concrete examples that serve as case studies for subsequent discussion of data about women in the workforce, language use and misuse, sexual harassment, silence and shutting up, and hiring, training, promotion, and the glass ceiling, Mayock explores the deeper implications of gender inequity in the workplace.
Author Biography
Ellen Mayock is the Ernest Williams II Professor of Spanish and Core Faculty in Women's and Gender Studies at Washington and Lee University, Virginia, USA. She has published broadly on contemporary Spanish and Latin American literature and cultures as well as on feminist theories and practice.
Number of Pages: 244
Dimensions: 0.8 x 8.3 x 5.9 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: May 28, 2016
