Global Perspectives on Gender and Work

This comprehensive reader examines the myriad ways in which work—whether it is well-paid, unpaid, or underpaid—profoundly influences our roles in both the public and private spheres. Jacqueline Goodman has selected a key set of essays that examine influential arguments on the multifaceted ways in which gender inequality is linked to market and non-market work. The readings also explore paths to greater gender equality, as well as the ways in which men, women, and children both have adapted to and resisted their subordinate position in the global economy. With its rich interdisciplinary perspective, this text will be ideal for courses in sociology, political science, and women's and gender studies.

Jacqueline Goodman is professor of sociology and director of women's and gender studies at the State University of New York, Potsdam College.

Part I: Origins of the Gendered Division of Labor Chapter 1: The Problem with Sex/Gender and Nature/Nurture Anne Fausto-Sterling Chapter 2: "Night to His Day": The Social Construction of Gender Judith Lorber Chapter 3: Culture, Gender, and Math Luigi Guiso, Ferdinando Monte, Paola Sapienza, and Luigi Zingales Chapter 4: Montagnais Women and the Jesuit Program for Colonization Eleanor Leacock Chapter 5: Capitalism, Patriarchy, and Job Segregation by Sex Heidi Hartmann Part II: Gender and Work in History Chapter 6: Women's Work and the Family in Nineteenth-Century Europe Joan W. Scott and Louise A. Tilly Chapter 7: Housewifery: Household Work and Household Tools under Pre-Industrial Conditions Ruth Schwartz Cowan Chapter 8: Black Women, Work, and the Family under Slavery Jacqueline Jones Chapter 9: The Paradox of Motherhood: Night Work Restrictions in the United States Alice Kessler-Harris Part III: Gender, Wages, and Inequality Chapter 10: Still A Man's Labor Market: The Long-Term Earnings Gap Ashley English and Ariane Hegewisch Chapter 11: The Social Organization of Toy Stores Christine L. Williams Chapter 12: The Milk of Human Kindness Nancy Folbre Part IV: Gender, Management, and the Professions Chapter 13: The Impact of Hierarchical Structures on the Work Behavior of Women and Men Rosabeth Moss Kanter Chapter 14: Women and Men as Litigators: Gender Differences on the Job Jennifer Pierce Chapter 15: The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the "Female" Professions Christine L. Williams Chapter 16: Black Mobility in White Corporations: Up the Corporate Ladder but Out on a Limb Sharon M. Collins Chapter 17: Gender and Labor in Asian Immigrant Families Yen Le Espiritu Part V: Gender and Low-Waged Work Chapter 18: The Interlocking of Gender with Nationality, Race, Ethnicity, and Class: The Narratives of Women in Hotel Work Amel Adib and Yvonne Guerrier Chapter 19: "Outsider Within" the Station House: The Impact of Race and Gender on Black Women Police Susan E. Martin Chapter 20: When Feminism Had Class Dorothy Sue Cobble Chapter 21: Myths of Docile Girls and Matriarchs: Local Profiles of Global Workers Carla Freeman Part VI: Gender and the Global Division of Labor Chapter 22: New World Domestic Order Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo Chapter 23: Trope Chasing: Making a Local Labor Market Leslie Salzinger Chapter 24: Imagining Sex and Gender in the Workplace Pun Ngai Chapter 25: Breadwinners No More: Masculinity in Flux Michele Ruth Gamburd Chapter 26: Thailand: Because She Looks Like a Child Kevin Bales Part VII: Gendered Discrimination at Work Chapter 27: Unconsciousness Raising Barbara Reskin Chapter 28: The Hidden Discourse of Masculinity in Gender Discrimination Law Tyson Smith and Michael Kimmel Chapter 29: "That Single Mother Element": How White Employers Typify Black Women Ivy Kennelly Chapter 30: Marking Gender Boundaries: Porn, Piss, Power Tools Susan Eisenberg Chapter 31: Men Behaving Badly Margaret Talbot Part VIII: Family, Gender, and Work Chapter 32: The Administrative Mother Arlie Russell Hochschild Chapter 33: Black Mothering, Paid Work, and Identity Tracey Reynolds Chapter 34: Families on the Frontier: From Braceros in the Fields to Braceras in the Home Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo Chapter 35: More Alike than Different: Revisiting the Long-Term Prospects for Developing "European Style" Work/Family Policies in the United States Janet C. Gornick and Marcia K. Meyers Part IX: A Sample of Policy Alternatives Chapter 36: The Stool Makers of Jobra Village Muhammad Yunus Chapter 37: Women's Education: A Global Challenge Martha C. Nussbaum Chapter 38: Affirmative Action at School and on the Job Shannon Harper and Barbara Reskin Chapter 39: Support for Working Families Janet C. Gornick and Marcia K. Meyers