Bodies in Revolt - Gender, Disability, and a Workplace Ethic of Care (Hardcover)

By defining a disability as what a person cannot do - rather than in terms of a specific medical condition or disease - The ADA has tranformed disability into a non-essential, universal, ever-evolving, socially constructed category. Bodies in Revolt analyzes the ADA's potential to make employers take into account the individuality of their employees, showing how an important branch of feminist theory - an ethic of care - could be studied in a new location: the workplace. Also, if Congress amends the ADA, making it less vulnerable to the conservative federal judiciary's discretion, the definition of a disability could be further universalized, offering women a strategy to feminize the workplace. In many places of employment, pregnancy is already treated like an illness or short-term disability, allowing women to take leave with pay. This leave policy, however, does not alter the workplace culture. - one that recognizes the organic nature of the human mind and body - could include most women (and many men) and offer them a means of persuing justice in the workplace as they negotiate about work conditions based on concrete considerations of human needs.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2005
First published:	March 2005
Authors:	Ruth O'Brien
Foreword by:	Martha Albertson Fineman
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-94533-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour
LSN:	0-415-94533-X
Barcode:	9780415945332

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