Gender, Work and Social Theory: The Critical Consequences of the Cultural Turn (

Huppatz, Kate

Gender, Work and Social TheoryThe Critical Consequences of the Cultural Turn\nAuthor(s): Kate Huppatz\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350369924, 978-1350369924\nSynopsis\nA 2024 Choice Outstanding Academic Title\n\nHow is gender signified, produced and reproduced through paid and unpaid labour? In what ways does gender intersect with other kinds of disadvantage? How does power work through interactions, emotions and bodies?\n\nIn this original synthesis of social theory and its application to gender and work, Kate Huppatz draws from classical theory and principles of the cultural turn to explore how feminist sociology dismantles dualistic understandings of gender and scrutinizes the workings of power. In a tour de force of exposition and analysis of landmarks in the literature, Huppatz reflects upon continuities and departures in cutting-edge research on gender within organizations, unpaid domestic l.