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Challenging Boundaries: An Autobiographical Perspective on the Sociology of Work

University of Warwick, C.Wolkowitz{at}warwick.ac.uk

This article responds to the Special Issue call for sociologists’ individual perspectives on developments in the sociology of work. In this article I reflect on my own approach to studying work, the intellectual resources I draw on, and how I see the sociology of work developing at the present time. I have located my own very modest contribution within the traditions of gender studies, highlighting thereby the longstanding links between the sociology of work and other substantive fields of inquiry. I take a relatively personal approach. This is because, while there is nothing notable about my personal life, like many feminists I see my ideas as having evolved in the interstices of the professional and personal and the values and divisions of labour that underpin them.

Key Words: academic women • autobiography • body • embodiment • employment • gender • homeworking • work

Sociology, Vol. 43, No. 5, 846-860 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0038038509340741


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