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"An important and significant contribution. . . . A study of the
social construction of gender and how culture and agency influence
the meaning of work . . ., vivid and compelling."
--"American Journal of Sociology"
When most people think of prisons, they imagine chaos, violence,
and fundamentally, an atmosphere of overwhelming brute masculinity.
But real prisons rarely fit the "Big House" stereotype of popular
film and literature. One fifth of all correctional officers are
women, and the rate at which women are imprisoned is growing faster
than that of men. Yet, despite increasing numbers of women
prisoners and officers, ideas about prison life and prison work are
sill dominated by an exaggerated image of men's prisons where
inmates supposedly struggle for physical dominance.
In a rare comparative analysis of men's and women's prisons,
Dana Britton identifies the factors that influence the gendering of
the American workplace, a process that often leaves women in
lower-paying jobs with less prestige and responsibility.
In interviews with dozens of male and female officers in five
prisons, Britton explains how gender shapes their day-to-day work
experiences. Combining criminology, penology, and feminist theory,
she offers a radical new argument for the persistence of gender
inequality in prisons and other organizations. At Work in the Iron
Cage demonstrates the importance of the prison as a site of gender
relations as well as social control.
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