Everyday Gender at Work in Taiwan

This book explores professional women's experiences of gender in the Taiwanese workplace in the wake of the rapid transformation of the country's economy, identifying attitudes to gender in a heterosexist and heteronormative social culture. It contributes to understanding women's rela...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chin, Ting-Fang (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Gender, Sexualities and Culture in Asia
Subjects:
Women.
Industrial sociology.
Ethnology-Asia.
ISBN:9789811073656
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Table of Contents:
  • Setting the Coordinates on the Intellectual Map of Gender, Work and Taiwan
  • Lost and Found in the Field: Methodology and the Research Process
  • Being Employed as a 'Nyusheng': Gendered and Heteronormative Management in the Workplace
  • 'Don't' I Have a Brain and Hands?': Negotiating Gender in Mundane Interactions at work
  • 'I Feel You Should Eat Shit': Picturing the Agency of the Misfit Self in the Workplace
  • Conclusion.

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