Embodying gender, work and organization: Solidarity, cool loyalties and contested hierarchy in a masculinist occupation

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Abstract

Despite a 'somatic turn' in the social sciences, there remains a dearth of theoretically informed research on male working bodies, the embodied doings of masculinities independent of biological sex and intra-gendered workplace relations. This is unfortunate because embodiment is thoroughly implicated in major social divisions, including gender domination in institutional contexts. Using an embodied sociological perspective and data generated during an ethnography of British nightclub and pub security work, this article goes some way towards embodying the social study of plural masculinities, work and organization. Exploring worker solidarity, cool loyalties and contested hierarchy in this risky masculinist occupation hopefully makes several contributions to the literature. Furthering the (theoretically informed) empirical study of masculinities and socially embedded bodies, the article sensitizes other researchers to gendered/embodied processes possibly taking a more diluted form in other work settings.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)504-536
Number of pages33
JournalGender, Work and Organization
Volume9
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2002

Keywords

  • Embodiment
  • Ethnography
  • Masculinities
  • Risk
  • Violence

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