Drawing on more than sixty interviews, this book examines women's struggle to gain authority in the academic profession and to use that authority to change conventional practices. The authors argue that as women rise in academe, they are stymied at a certain level by the remaining force of the old norms which in the past barred women from professional life altogether. These norms decreed a sharp division between public and private realms, assigning men to public duties, women to private, men to intellectual pursuits, women to emotional and relational ones.
Although the strict division of roles is eroding, prejudices about women's "lesser" intellectual power still operate, subtly but effectively, through a two-tiered system of responsibility. The top tier exercises the real authority and consists almost exclusively of men. The bottom tier carries out supportive functions and consists of some men and nearly all the profession's women, who also carry the major burden of private and familial responsibilities.
Making excellent use of interviews, the authors explore in vivid detail how this two-tiered system works and the variety of ways in which academic women have responded to "the rules of the game."
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Book Description hardcover. Condition: Good. 1988 edition. paper softcover has light wear, and a sticker scar on backside. Spine is bumped at top end. Binding is uncreased. Pages are clean and unmarked, with light toning. 207 pages. LO. Seller Inventory # 214779
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Book Description First Edition. Fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 207 pages; Description: xii, 207 p. ; 24 cm. Bibliography: p. 199-207. Subjects: Women college teachers --Employment --United States --Case studies. Sex discrimination in education --United States --Case studies. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 41768
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Book Description [0-87023-606-7] 1988. (Trade paperback) Very good plus. 207pp. Appendix, notes. There is a previous owner's name on the first page. "Drawing on more than sixty interviews, this book examines women's struggle to gain authority in the academic profession and to use that authority to change conventional practices". (Ideas, Academic Freedom, Gender Issues, Ideas, Interviews, Universities, Women). Seller Inventory # 152413