Gender Trials Emotional Lives in Contemporary Law Firms

Name: Gender Trials Emotional Lives in Contemporary Law Firms
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ISBN: 9780520201088

ISBN-10: 0520201086

ISBN-13: 9780520201088

Edition: 1996

Authors: Jennifer L. Pierce

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This engaging ethnography examines the gendered nature of today's large corporate law firms. Although increasing numbers of women have become lawyers in the past decade, Jennifer Pierce discovers that the double standards and sexist attitudes of legal bureaucracies are a continuing problem for women lawyers and paralegals. Working as a paralegal, Pierce did ethnographic research in two law offices, and her depiction of the legal world is quite unlike the glamorized version seen on television. Pierce tellingly portrays the dilemma that female attorneys face: a woman using tough, aggressive tactics--the ideal combative litigator--is often regarded as brash or even obnoxious by her male…

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List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 2/15/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 276
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface and Acknowledgments



Gendering Occupations and Emotions in Law Firms



The Gendered Organizational Structure of Large Law Firms



Rambo Litigators: Emotional Labor in a Male-Dominated Job



Mothering Paralegals: Emotional Labor in a Feminized Occupation



Women and Men as Litigators: Gender Differences on the Job



Gendering Consent and Resistance in Paralegal Work



Conclusion


Appendix 1. Articulating the Self in Field Research


Appendix 2. Lawyer Jokes


Notes


References


Index