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Telling Stories Out of Court Paperback - 2008

by Ruth O'Brien (Editor); Foreword by Liza Featherstone


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"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.

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  • Title Telling Stories Out of Court
  • Author Ruth O'Brien (Editor); Foreword by Liza Featherstone
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: first
  • Pages 264
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cornell University Press
  • Date 2008-08-07
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780801473579 / 0801473578
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.1 x 0.7 in (22.86 x 15.49 x 1.78 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Women's Interest
  • Library of Congress subjects Sex discrimination against women - United, Sexual harassment of women - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008012058
  • Dewey Decimal Code 331.413

About the author

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.

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