Gender trials : emotional lives in contemporary law firms / Jennifer L. Pierce.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pierce, Jennifer L., 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law firms--Social aspects--United States.

Law firms.

Practice of law--Social aspects--United States.

Practice of law.

Sex role in the work environment--United States.

Sex role in the work environment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 256 p. )

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 lawyers and paralegals.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

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

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-251) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-520-91640-9

0-585-03390-0

OCLC:

1414456367