๐Ÿ“

Gender Norms

4 related content items found

๐Ÿ“š Books 1

The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling
Emotional Labor Workplace Equality Gender Norms +2

The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling

Arlie Russell Hochschild (1983)

This groundbreaking book introduces the concept of 'emotional labor' through an examination of how service workers, particularly flight attendants, are required to manage their emotions as part of their job. Hochschild explores how capitalism commercializes human feelings and the gendered implications of emotional work in the modern economy.

Read More โ†’

๐Ÿ“„ Papers 1

๐Ÿ“„ Papers

Performative Acts and Gender Constitution: An Essay in Phenomenology and Feminist Theory

Judith Butler โ€ข

This influential essay explores gender as a performative act rather than a natural given, drawing on phenomenological theory to argue that gender identity is constituted through repeated stylized acts. Butler challenges essentialist notions of gender and proposes that gender is continuously constructed through performance within regulatory frameworks.

Gender Identity Feminist Theory Gender Norms +2

Related Topics

Discover More Content

Explore more feminist-related topics and content