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1. Performing work: Bodily representations in merchant banks.

Author

McDowell, Linda and Court, Gill

Subjects
*BANK employees, *GENDER identity, *PERFORMANCE standards, *ATTITUDE (Psychology), SEX differences (Biology)
Abstract

Explores the differential fictions constructed by men and women engaged in interactive service work in a professional capacity in merchant banks. Case studies in London, England; Workplace's role in the social construction of feminine and masculine identity; Butler's notion on gender identity; Specificity of embodiment and gendered performances; Necessity of selling oneself as part of the product.

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1994
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