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1995 ALPHA KAPPA DELTA UNDERGRADUATE PAPER AWARD WINNER.
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Sociological Inquiry . Fall96, Vol. 66 Issue 4, p399-421. 23p. - Publication Year :
- 1996
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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