
Embodying women's work
Title:
Embodying women's work
Author:
Gatrell, Caroline.
ISBN:
9780335219919
9780335219902
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2008.
Physical Description:
ix, 213 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Positioning women's bodies : sociological and biomedical approaches -- "Think again old girl" : reproduction and the "right" body -- Pregnancy : a non-work process? -- "Love is not enough" : birth, new motherhood and employment -- "To honour and obey" : a history of women's productive work -- Angels in the (power)house : women in senior roles -- Angels in the house(hold) : cleaning and caring -- "I'm Mandy, fly me" : sex for sale in formal and informal labour markets -- Working women : a force to be reckoned with?.