Gender Shrapnel in the Academic Workplace

Section 1: Gender Shrapnel

Chapter 1: Gendered Stories, Hybrid Methods

Chapter 2: Back When I Wasn't a Feminist

Chapter 3: Narratives of Gender Shrapnel

Section 2: Gender Problems in the Workplace

Chapter 4: The Enduring Feminine Mystique

Chapter 5: Institutional Language(s) and the Enactment of Language

Chapter 6: The Cycle of Harassment in the Workplace

Chapter 7: On Emotion, Silence, and Shutting Up

Chapter 8: The 'Glass Ceiling' and Hiring, Training, and Promotion

Section 3: Solutions

Chapter 9: To be PC or not to be PC, That is the Question

Chapter 10: Thinking about Institutional Language in New Ways

Chapter 11: Common Denominators and Potential Modes of Communication

Chapter 12: 'Tempered Radicalism' and Holding the Powerful Accountable

Chapter 13: 'Small Wins': Establishing Dependable and Flexible Institutional

Structures

Chapter 14: Training Principles: Checks and Balances, Sample Training Sessions, and

Recommendations for Promoting an Equitable Work Environment

Section 4: Case Studies in Gender Shrapnel

Chapter 15: Gender Shrapnel Case Studies

Section 5: Clearing the Shrapnel

Chapter 16: Final Remarks

Appendix: Instructor's Guide. Case Studies in Gender Shrapnel

Bibliography

Author: Ellen Mayock
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 05/28/2016
Pages: 244
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.90w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781137514622

About the Author
Ellen Mayock is the Ernest Williams II Professor of Spanish and Core Faculty in Women's and Gender Studies at Washington and Lee University, Virginia, USA. She has published broadly on contemporary Spanish and Latin American literature and cultures as well as on feminist theories and practice.