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1995 ALPHA KAPPA DELTA UNDERGRADUATE PAPER AWARD WINNER.

Authors :
Loe, Meika
Source :
Sociological Inquiry. Fall96, Vol. 66 Issue 4, p399-421. 23p.
Publication Year :
1996

Abstract

This article examines the dynamics of Bazoorns, a "restaurant" in which powers gender, and sexuality come together to color relations between the three major "players" involved: waitresses, managers, and customers- Job-based power relations and inequities, gender roles, implicit and explicit sexual roles, and sexual harassment are all "at work" in such a workplace. But definitions of power, gender roles, sexual identities, and harassment are in constant flux with each interaction among the players inside the Bazooms world. The women who work at Bazooms-the "Bazooms girls"-are disadvantaged iii these interactions, but they are not helpless. Dynamics within the restaurant are constantly being negotiated and altered (within constraints) as these women exercise agency in the workplace. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00380245
Volume :
66
Issue :
4
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Sociological Inquiry
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
9703090229