The 'Feminine Revolution in Mining': a critique
This paper presents an analysis of media reports of Australian women in mine management. It argues that a dominant storyline in the texts is one of gender change; in fact, a "feminine revolution" is said to have occurred in the mining industry andcorporate Australia more generally. Despite...
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| description | This paper presents an analysis of media reports of Australian women in mine management. It argues that a dominant storyline in the texts is one of gender change; in fact, a "feminine revolution" is said to have occurred in the mining industry andcorporate Australia more generally. Despite this celebratory and transformative discoursethe female mine managers interviewed in the media texts seek to distance themselves from women/female identity/femininity and take up a script of gender neutrality. It is demonstrated, however, that that this script is saturated with the assumptions and definitions of managerial masculinity. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-26482017-09-13T16:07:45Z The 'Feminine Revolution in Mining': a critique Pini, Barbara Mayes, Robyn mining Gender femininities media management discourse This paper presents an analysis of media reports of Australian women in mine management. It argues that a dominant storyline in the texts is one of gender change; in fact, a "feminine revolution" is said to have occurred in the mining industry andcorporate Australia more generally. Despite this celebratory and transformative discoursethe female mine managers interviewed in the media texts seek to distance themselves from women/female identity/femininity and take up a script of gender neutrality. It is demonstrated, however, that that this script is saturated with the assumptions and definitions of managerial masculinity. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2648 10.1080/00049181003742336 Routledge fulltext |
| spellingShingle | mining Gender femininities media management discourse Pini, Barbara Mayes, Robyn The 'Feminine Revolution in Mining': a critique |
| title | The 'Feminine Revolution in Mining': a critique |
| title_full | The 'Feminine Revolution in Mining': a critique |
| title_fullStr | The 'Feminine Revolution in Mining': a critique |
| title_full_unstemmed | The 'Feminine Revolution in Mining': a critique |
| title_short | The 'Feminine Revolution in Mining': a critique |
| title_sort | 'feminine revolution in mining': a critique |
| topic | mining Gender femininities media management discourse |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2648 |