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The Worth of women's work : a qualitative synthesis

Author: Anne Statham; Eleanor M Miller; Hans O Mauksch
Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1988.
Series: SUNY series on women and work.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Anne Statham; Eleanor M Miller; Hans O Mauksch
ISBN: 0887065910 9780887065910 0887065929 9780887065927
OCLC Number: 15366197
Description: xiv, 331 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction and analysis --
I. Women's approach to work: the creation of knowledge / Anne Statham, Hans O. Mauksch, Eleanor M. Miller --
The integration work: a second-order analysis of qualitative research / Anne Statham, Eleanor M. Miller, Hans O. Mauksch --
II. Doing what comes naturally? the caretaker role --
Social policy and everyday life in nursing homes: a critical ethnography / Timothy Diamond --
A belated industry revised: domestic service among Japanese-American women / Evelyn Nakano Glenn --
Day work in the suburbs: the work experience of Chicana private housekeepers / Mary Romero --
The caretakers: keeping the area up and the family together / Jane C. Hood --
"Some peoples calls it crime:" hustling, the illegal work of underclass women / Eleanor M. Miller --
III. Professional practice without professional power --
Registered nurses, gender, and commitment / Mary C. Corley and Hans O. Mauksch --
Women talking to women: abortion counselors and genetic counselors / Barbara Katz Rothman and Melinda Detlefs --
Public schoolteaching: a suitable job for a woman? / Dee Ann Spencer --
Women at the top of women's fields: social work, nursing, and education / Sheila K. Collins --
IV. Making it in the male world --
Think like a man, work like a dog, and act like a lady: occupational dilemmas of policewomen / Susan E. Martin --
Woman working for women: the manager and her secretary / Anne Statham --
Women in direct sales: a comparison of Mary Kay and Amway sales workers / Maureen Connelly and Patricia Rhoton --
Invisible amidst the glitter: Hispanic women in the southern California electronics industry / M. Patricia Fernandez Kelly and Anna M. Garcia --
V. What does it all mean? --
Policy implications: the worth of women's work / Ruth Needleman and Anne Nelson --
The qualitative approach to the study of women's work: different method/different knowledge / Eleanor M. Miller, Hans O. Mauksch, Anne Statham.
Series Title: SUNY series on women and work.
Responsibility: Anne Statham, Eleanor M. Miller, and Hans O. Mauksch, editors.

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