Powerful women aren't just men walking around in dresses!As women
continue to assume positions of social leadership in increasing
numbers, the dynamics of the social construction of power need to
be examined. Have women adopted traditionally male patterns of
behavior in an effort to gain and maintain power in business,
industry, politics, academics, etc.? And if not, what kind of power
are women practicing? The authors of Women, Power, and Ethnicity:
Working Toward Reciprocal Empowerment endeavored to find out by
conducting a research study on how women from various racial and
ethnic backgrounds compare and contrast the attributes associated
with existing power paradigms (traditional, empowerment, personal
authority) with an alternate model of power--reciprocal
empowerment.Reciprocal empowerment is a discursive and behavioral
style of interaction grounded in reciprocity initiated by people
who feel a sense of personal authority. Reciprocal empowerment
enables people with mutual self-interests to rise above obstacles
based on social and political structures and to use personal
authority to discuss and act on issues openly and honestly in order
to effect change. Using a qualitative methodology, Women, Power,
and Ethnicity includes the results of surveys and interviews with
women from seven different ethnic groups in the United States to
determine if the concept or reciprocal empowerment resonates with
them. The answer: Yes!Women, Power, and Ethnicity is organized by
surveys and interview findings on women from seven cultural groups
living in the United States (African, Asian, Caribbean, European,
Latin, Middle Eastern, Native American). Each chapter includes:
analyses of ethnographic findings, surveys, and interviews concise
historical information effects of immigration, where applicable
tables and diagrams direct quotes and much more! Women, Power, and
Ethnicity examines women's attitudes toward power in several social
forums--home, job, religion, politics, and society in general. The
book is an essential resource for teachers and students of
communication studies, women studies, gender studies, ethnic
studies, and social sciences.
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