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Holmes, Janet and Schnurr, Stephanie (2006) 'Doing femininity' at work : more than just relational practice. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 10 (1). pp. 31-51. doi:10.1111/j.1360-6441.2006.00316.x ISSN 1360-6441.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-6441.2006.00316.x
Abstract
Workplaces constitute one of the more interesting sites where individuals ‘do gender’, while at the same time constructing their professional identities and meeting their organisation's expectations. Drawing on interactional data recorded in New Zealand professional organisations, this paper focuses in particular on how participants manage and interpret the notion of ‘femininity’ in workplace discourse. In much current usage, the concepts ‘feminine’ and ‘femininity’ typically evoke negative reactions. Our analysis suggests these notions can be reclaimed and reinterpreted positively using an approach which frames doing femininity at work as normal, unmarked, and effective workplace behaviour in many contexts. The analysis also demonstrates that multiple femininities extend beyond normative expectations, such as enacting relational practice (Fletcher 1999), to embrace more contestive and parodic instantiations of femininity in workplace talk.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Sociolinguistics | ||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 1360-6441 | ||||
Official Date: | February 2006 | ||||
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Volume: | 10 | ||||
Number: | 1 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 31-51 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1360-6441.2006.00316.x | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
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