Solitudes of the Workplace : Women in Universities.

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Part One Solitudes and Formal Knowledge -- Introduction Narratives of Solitude -- 1 Building and Redefining Women's Studies in Canada -- 2 Canadian Feminist Anthropology: Imagining the Terrain -- 3 Constructing Knowledge for Equity in the University: What Do the Categories Tell Us ? -- Part Two Identities and the Everyday -- Introduction Identities and the Everyday -- 4 Tenure (Un)Secure/d: As Words Go Into Labour -- 5 Seeking Scientific Voice: Strategies for Emerging Scientists -- 6 Solidarity in the Solitudes of Student Life: Contemporary Women Students Discuss Life and Work in the Academy -- 7 Changing by Degrees: The Narratives of Mature Women Students -- 8 The Non-Nons: Secretarial and Clerical Staff -- 9 It's Not Just the Glass Ceiling, It's the Caste Ceiling -- 10 Contractual University Teaching: The Question of Gender -- 11 The Missing Link: Research Nurses and Their Contribution to the Production of Research Knowledge -- 12 Collective Insecurity: An Exploration of the Experiences of Women Faculty in Atlantic Canada -- Afterthoughts -- References -- Contributors -- Index.

A consideration of workplace identities and the stresses women experience within the university system.

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