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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Saguy, Abigail Cope, 1970- What is sexual harassment? Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003 (OCoLC)606984067 Online version: Saguy, Abigail Cope, 1970- What is sexual harassment? Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003 (OCoLC)608385531 |
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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Abigail Cope Saguy |
| ISBN: | 0520237404 9780520237407 0520237412 9780520237414 |
| OCLC Number: | 50982344 |
| Description: | xvii, 235 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction : the making of a concept -- Sexual harassment law on the books : opportunity loss v. violence -- Sexual harassment law in action : legitimacy and liability -- Sexual harassment in the press : national scandal, pride, or superiority? -- Discrimination, violence, professionalism, and the bottom line : how interview respondents frame sexual harassment -- Conclusion : institutions, framing, and political power. |
| Responsibility: | Abigail C. Saguy. |
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Abstract:
Comparing French and American attitudes towards the acceptability of sexual relationships across hierarchical lines and in the workplace, this text asks: in this age of globalization, how do cultural and legal nuances translate? And when they differ, how are their subtleties understood?
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"In this path-breaking comparative study, Saguy sheds light on a crucial aspect of the lives of many working women by analyzing the various frames through which sexual harassment is understood in two national contexts." Read more...
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- Sexual harassment -- Law and legislation -- United States.
- Sexual harassment -- Law and legislation -- France.
- Sexual harassment -- United States.
- Sexual harassment -- France.
- Harcèlement sexuel -- Droit -- États-Unis.
- Harcèlement sexuel -- Droit -- France.
- Harcèlement sexuel -- États-Unis.
- Harcèlement sexuel -- France.
