Telling Stories Out of Court: Narratives About Women and Workplace Discrimination

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Ruth O'Brien Liza Featherstone

Telling Stories Out of Court

Narratives About Women and Workplace Discrimination

Ruth O'Brien, Liza Featherstone, T. J. Pempel , John Ravenhill

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Cornell University Press
07 August 2008

Social discrimination; Gender studies: women; Employment & unemployment

""Few of the countless real-life stories of workplace discrimination suffered by men and women every day are ever told publicly. This book boldly and eloquently rights that wrong, going where no plaintiff testimony could ever dare because these stories are often too raw, honest, ambiguous, and nuanced to be told in court or reported in a newspaper.""-from the Foreword Telling Stories out of Court reaches readers on both an intellectual and an emotional level, helping them to think about, feel, and share the experiences of women who have faced sexism and discrimination at work. It focuses on how the federal courts interpreted Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Offering insights that law texts alone cannot, the short stories collected here-all but two written for this volume-help readers concentrate on the emotional content of the experience with less emphasis on the particulars of the law. Grouped into thematic parts titled ""In Their Proper Place,"" ""Unfair Treatment,"" ""Sexual Harassment,"" and ""Hidden Obstacles,"" the narratives are combined with interpretive commentary and legal analysis that anchor the book by revealing the impact this revolutionary law had on women in the workplace.

At the same time, the stories succeed on their own terms as compelling works of fiction, from ""LaKeesha's Job Interview,"" in which a woman's ambition to move from welfare to work faces an ironic obstacle, to ""Plato, Again,"" in which a woman undergoing treatment for cancer finds her career crumble under her, to ""Vacation Days,"" which takes the reader inside the daily routine of a nanny who works at the whim of her employer.

Foreword by: Liza Featherstone
Edited by: Ruth O'Brien, T. J. Pempel, John Ravenhill
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 1
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780801473579
ISBN 10: 0801473578
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 07 August 2008
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ruth O'Brien is Professor and Executive Officer of the Political Science PhD Program at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Her books include Bodies in Revolt: Gender, Disability, and a Workplace Ethic of Care; Voices from the Edge: Narratives about the Americans with Disabilities Act; and Crippled Justice: The History of Modern Disability Policy in the Workplace. Liza Featherstone is a journalist and the author of Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers' Rights at Wal-Mart.

Reviews for Telling Stories Out of Court: Narratives About Women and Workplace Discrimination

Telling Stories out of Court combines gripping fiction with expert legal commentary to expose the law and everyday realities of workplace discrimination. This unique and wonderful collection gives voice to the experience of discrimination, while simultaneously illustrating how much the law has accomplished and how much is yet to be done. -Joanna L. Grossman, Hofstra University School of Law