Defining Work
Gender, Professional Work, and the Case of Rural Clergy
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2006
- Category
- Gender Studies, Clergy
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780773531376
- Publish Date
- Nov 2006
- List Price
- $125.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773577459
- Publish Date
- Nov 2006
- List Price
- $110.00
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Description
Based on interviews with forty rural Protestant clergy, Mellow argues that male and female clergy challenge gendered definitions of work by focusing on obligation, context, visibility, and time. She also considers how clergy's work is shaped by the rural setting, arguing that we must consider how work is "placed" as well as gendered.
About the author
Muriel Mellow is assistant professor, sociology, University of Lethbridge.