Gender trials : emotional lives in contemporary law firms /

This ethnography examines the gendered nature of today's large corporate law firms. Although increasing numbers of women have become lawyers in the past decade, Jennifer Pierce discovers that the double standards and sexist attitudes of legal bureaucracies are a continuing problem for women law...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pierce, Jennifer L., 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1995.
Subjects:
Law firms > Social aspects > United States.
Practice of law > Social aspects > United States.
Sex role in the work environment > United States.
Cabinets d'avocat > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Droit > Pratique > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Rôle selon le sexe en milieu de travail > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Knowledge Capital.
Law firms > Social aspects.
Practice of law > Social aspects.
Sex role in the work environment.
Advocaten.
Advocatenkantoren.
Vrouwen.
Sekseverschillen.
Law - U.S.
Law, Politics & Government.
Law - U.S. - General.
Rôle selon le sexe au travail > États-Unis.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Gendering Occupations and Emotions in Law Firms
  • 2. The Gendered Organizational Structure of Large Law Firms
  • 3. Rambo Litigators: Emotional Labor in a Male-Dominated Job
  • 4. Mothering Paralegals: Emotional Labor in a Feminized Occupation
  • 5. Women and Men as Litigators: Gender Differences on the Job
  • 6. Gendering Consent and Resistance in Paralegal Work
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Appendix 1. Articulating the Self in Field Research
  • Appendix 2. Lawyer Jokes.

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