This book explores the experiences of men in service and caring occupations. It explores how men manage working in traditionally female occupations. It examines male cabin crew, primary school teachers, nurses and librarians. It makes a theoretical contribution to work on the 'doing' and 'undoing' of gender byhighlighting the complexities and dynamics of difference. Exploring how men in service and caring occupations (cabin crew, primary school teachers, nurses and librarians) both 'do' and 'undo' gender as they manage the potential mismatch between gender and occupational identity, this book engages with the key theoretical concepts of identity, visibility and emotions to examine men's experiences. INDICE: - PART I: INTRODUCTION - Introducing Men in Non-Traditional Occupations - Identities; with A.Pullen - (In)visibility - Gender, Service and Emotions - PART II: OCCUPATIONAL CONTEXTS - Gender, Performativity, Space: Male Cabin Crew and the Negotiation of Identity; with M.Patrickson - Bodies, Embodiment and Male Nurses - Male Primary School Teachers and the Negotiation of a Professional Identity - Occupational Image and Social Identity: The Case of Male Librarians - Men on Women and Women on Men: Reflexivity and Constructions of Difference in the Context of Nursing Care - Conclusion
- ISBN: 978-0-230-57406-9
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 208
- Fecha Publicación: 15/01/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés