Surviving the Academy: Feminist Perspectives

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 2
Dedication......Page 3
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 8
Introduction......Page 12
Section 1: Power: Challenging ‘Care’ in Higher Education......Page 13
Section 2: Maternalism in the Academy......Page 14
Section 3: Collective Action: Standing Still or Moving Forward?......Page 15
References......Page 17
Introduction......Page 20
Setting the Scene......Page 21
“Lady, What Do You Do All Day?”......Page 23
‘I Know You’re Busy, But…’......Page 25
Conclusion......Page 27
References......Page 28
Introduction......Page 30
The Current Context of Teaching and Learning: What Has Sexuality Got to Do with It?......Page 31
Women Teaching Women: The Pleasures and Pains......Page 32
Developing a Discourse for Teaching and Learning......Page 34
Framework of Support to Enable Student to Move to ‘Firm Ground’......Page 39
References......Page 40
Visually Disabled People and Employment......Page 44
Models of Disability......Page 45
Barriers to Employment......Page 47
Coping with Barriers......Page 48
Equal Opportunities......Page 50
References......Page 52
Introduction......Page 54
The Academy, Women and Social Work......Page 55
The ‘Streetwise Granny’ Approach to Social Work......Page 58
Surviving Academia As a Woman Social Work Academic......Page 61
Conclusion......Page 62
Note......Page 63
References......Page 64
Introduction......Page 68
Bittersweet Ingredients......Page 69
Shaking the Cocktail—Women, Motherhood and Academic Careers......Page 72
Drinking the Cocktail—Intoxication and Aftertaste (the Hidden Kick)......Page 74
Remixing the Concoction......Page 76
Conclusion......Page 77
References......Page 78
Biographical Accounts......Page 80
Power and Empowerment; Differences between Women......Page 83
Hierarchies of Hardship; or Ontological Similarities......Page 84
Brief Reflections......Page 86
References......Page 87
Introduction......Page 88
The Changing Secretarial Role......Page 89
Gender and the Secretarial Role......Page 91
The Secretarial Role in Wessex University: A Case Study......Page 93
Training and Experiential Learning......Page 94
Recruitment Strategies......Page 95
References......Page 97
Discourses of New Public Management......Page 100
Background to the Cases......Page 102
Discourses of Subordination......Page 103
Constituting the New Academic......Page 104
Resisting the Gendered Gaze......Page 105
Conclusion......Page 107
References......Page 108
Creating Space......Page 114
Dilemmas of Starting......Page 115
Researching Ourselves......Page 117
Exploring the Issues......Page 120
References......Page 122
Introduction: The Road to Activism......Page 124
Equal Opportunities and the Need for Collective Action......Page 126
Forms of Collective Action......Page 127
Tensions, Frustrations and Rewards......Page 128
References......Page 132
Introduction......Page 134
Personal and Political Values......Page 135
My Own Experiences: Organizational Culture and Context......Page 137
Daily Humiliations: Everyday Gendered-racism......Page 138
White Women and Organization......Page 141
Friendships across the Divide: Black and White Women in Academia......Page 145
References......Page 146
Introduction......Page 148
References......Page 155
Introduction......Page 158
Looking Back......Page 160
Feminist Editors in Conversation......Page 161
Looking Forward......Page 165
References......Page 166
Notes on Contributors......Page 168
Index......Page 172