Challenging Boundaries

An Autobiographical Perspective on the Sociology of Work

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ID2321971
AuthorsCarol Wolkowitz (0000-0002-8387-2650, University of Warwick, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume43
Issue5
Pages846-860
Publication date2009-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0038038509340741
OpenAlexW2032294140
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited42

This article responds to the Special Issue call for sociologists' individual perspectives on developments in the sociology of work. In this article I reflect on my own approach to studying work, the intellectual resources I draw on, and how I see the sociology of work developing at the present time. I have located my own very modest contribution within the traditions of gender studies, highlighting thereby the longstanding links between the sociology of work and other substantive fields of inquiry. I take a relatively personal approach. This is because, while there is nothing notable about my personal life, like many feminists I see my ideas as having evolved in the interstices of the professional and personal and the values and divisions of labour that underpin them

Boundary-work · Epistemology · Industrial sociology · Nothing · Personal life · Perspective (graphical) · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics) · Emotional Labor in Professions · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Labor Movements and Unions

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