No More Invisible Man Race and Gender in Men's Work

Name: No More Invisible Man Race and Gender in Men's Work
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ISBN: 9781439909737

ISBN-10: 1439909733

ISBN-13: 9781439909737

Edition: 2012

Authors: Adia Harvey Wingfield

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The 'invisible men' of sociologist Adia Harvey Wingfield's urgent and timely No More Invisible Man are African American professionals who fall between extremely high status, high profile black men and the urban underclass. Her compelling interview study considers middle class, professional black men and the challenges, obstacles, and opportunities they encounter in white male-dominated occupations. No More Invisible Man chronicles these men's experiences as a tokenized minority in the workplace to show how issues of power and inequality exist - especially as it relates to promotion, mobility, and developing occupational networks. Wingfield's intersectional analysis deftly charts the ways…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Temple University Press
Publication date: 11/30/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 212
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Tokenism Reassessed



The General Experience of Partial Tokenization



Interacting with Women in the Workplace



Other Men in the Workplace



Black Men and Masculinity



Emotional Performance


Conclusion


Appendix


Notes


Bibliography


Index