The scientific reproduction of gender inequality

A discourse analysis of research texts on women's entrepreneurship

Héléne Ahl

236 pages, parution le 09/06/2004

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Résumé

Departing from a social constructionist understanding of gender, this book examines how the female entrepreneur is constructed in research articles. It finds that even if the texts celebrate women's entrepreneurship, they do it in such a way as to recreate women's secondary position in society.

Despite research results to the contrary, many texts insist that the genders are different and construct three kinds of arguments in support of this. One is making a mountain out of a molehill, i.e., stressing small differences while ignoring similarities. Another is the self-selected woman, which proclaims women entrepreneurs as unusual women. The third is called the good mother and consists of molding an alternative, feminine model of entrepreneurship while leaving the dominant, male gendered model intact. These arguments reproduce the idea of essential gender differences and the idea of the woman as the weaker sex.

Through a detailed analysis of underlying assumptions and research practices that are taken for granted, this book explains how research reproduces gender inequalities, and by the same token enables alternative ways of researching gender issues.

Sommaire

Gender as socially constructed
Entrepreneurship as gendered
Defining and applying the concept discourse
Writing and publishing practices
Research articles on women entrepreneurs: methods and findings
How articles construct the female entrepreneur
How articles construct work and family
The scientific reproduction of gender inequality

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Liber
Auteur(s)	Héléne Ahl
Parution	09/06/2004
Nb. de pages	236
Format	16,5 x 24
Couverture	Broché
Poids	400g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9789147074242