Media, Information and Technoculture 2159F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Moral Panic, Body Piercing, Labeling Theory
5 Mar 2018
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Leonard: girls at work :focuses on how industry workers articulate the sense of being a girl and the connotations along with it. 14 women in london and brighton who worked in music management were interviewed. Gender subjectivity was present in this workplace( subjected to gender roles)certain roles such as technical ones such as sound recording, have a culturally understood fit with masculinity. ex. An interviewed women did administrative roles rather than touring and was told she was told she was more suited for the office. One woman working in artist management said most expected the role to be for men and questioned her legitimacy i felt like a little girl playing . The girls who work in music industry have to adapt boyish behaviour that the men reinforce in the workplace culture so they are not treated differently. Jones: the music industry as workplace: industry reinforces neoliberal ideas of eco and poli.
