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PublisherDuke University Press

ISBN-100822353458

ISBN-139780822353454

eBay Product ID (ePID)127422408

Product Key Features

Book TitleWall Street Women

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2012

TopicEconomic History, Gender Studies, Economic Conditions, Women's Studies, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Investments & Securities / General, Workplace Culture

IllustratorYes

GenreSocial Science, Business & Economics

AuthorMelissa S. Fisher

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight12.2 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.6 in

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LCCN2012-011599

Reviews"Detecting gendering in high finance is a long-standing challenge--it is a domain inhospitable to the main categories of feminist analysis. Melissa S. Fisher goes at it with gusto and gives us a great book."-- Saskia Sassen , author of Territory, Authority, Rights "Melissa Fisher's Wall Street Women introduces us to a feminist world that we can hardly imagine. As they dream of changing the hostile domain of finance, women find themselves drawing on traditional notions of gender equality and coaching each other in old-fashioned survival skills. Written in enticing prose, Wall Street Women offers us an illuminating peek into a wholly unexpected fusion of feminism with the market."-- Alice Kessler-Harris , author of A Difficult Woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman "Extensively researched and thoroughly documented, this portrait of a pioneering generation of women provides context for understanding the emergent discourse of feminizing markets. Strongly recommended for readers interested in business anthropology or gender studies, particularly for gendered discourses of finance and the female financial elite." -- Rebekah Wallin Library Journal "Fisher presents a world to us that taps into a current public interest in women pioneers in business, is methodologically innovative, is theoretically rich, and is ethnographically vital in understanding how to move forward as both gendered and market-engaged persons in the post-Financial crisis world." -- Sarah A. Tobin American Ethnologist "Melissa Fisher has written a fascinating, fresh, and accessible account of the pioneering women who started careers on Wall Street in the 1960s and 1970s and established themselves as successful financial professionals. . . . This book offers a readable ethnography that would be a valuable course adoption in both undergraduate and graduate courses on social aspects of finance or gender and labor markets." -- Louise Marie Roth American Journal of Sociology " Wall Street Women serves not only as an helpful reminder of women's struggles and successes, but also as an enlightening depiction of changes--and continuing challenges--in a part of the business world often seen as mysterious at best and oppressive at worst. Indeed, the material Fisher gleans through ethnographic and archival research establishes the importance of her project, even if the book raises troubling questions about the compromises that women continue to make in the name of success, and about the nature of high finance itself." -- Megan Brown Reviews in Cultural Theory "[W]ell-argued and superbly researched. . . . Fisher's in-depth case study of a Wall Street women's cohort adds ethnographic specificity to the typically cross-societal literature on market feminism." -- Alexandra Michel Administrative Science Quarterly " Wall Street Women offers insightful interpretations of the noticeable changes in the rhetoric and practice of the first women of Wall Street, encouraging further comparative study of elites in this area. Fisher's extensive fieldwork, conducted over many years, has produced a detailed, wide-ranging and thoughtful exploration of the first women of Wall Street and their navigation of a competitive corporate culture structured by ideas about masculinity. Furthermore, it makes a significant contribution to our wider understanding of capitalism and finance as gendered and the resulting complexity of this for women in a market-driven society." -- Alison C. Kay Women's History Review, Fisher presents a world to us that taps into a current public interest in women pioneers in business, is methodologically innovative, is theoretically rich, and is ethnographically vital in understanding how to move forward as both gendered and market-engaged persons in the post-?nancial crisis world., Fisher . . . combines the detached curiosity of an anthropologist studying the folkways of a tribal village with a sure grasp of history, politics, and economics, as well as an affectionate regard for her subjects, a small group of highly successful women who entered Wall Street in the '60s., "Detecting gendering in high finance is a long-standing challenge--it is a domain inhospitable to the main categories of feminist analysis. Melissa S. Fisher goes at it with gusto and gives us a great book."-- Saskia Sassen , author of Territory, Authority, Rights, Extensively researched and thoroughly documented, this portrait of a pioneering generation of women provides context for understanding the emergent discourse of feminizing markets. Strongly recommended for readers interested in business anthropology or gender studies, particularly for gendered discourses of finance and the female financial elite., Melissa Fisher has written a fascinating, fresh, and accessible account of the pioneering women who started careers on Wall Street in the 1960s and 1970s and established themselves as successful financial professionals. . . . This book offers a readable ethnography that would be a valuable course adoption in both undergraduate and graduate courses on social aspects of finance or gender and labor markets., " Wall Street Women by Melissa Fisher looks into what it's really like to make one's career in the boardrooms of the incorrigible boys' club of high finance. Fisher, a visiting scholar at New York University's Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, traces 50 years of the personal and professional trajectories of the first generation of women to make it as executives on Wall Street...Fisher shows how women who made it on Wall Street deftly deployed their supposedly innate risk-averse qualities to stay afloat long term." Elizabeth Dwoskin, Bloomsberg Businessweek , July 26th 2012 "Extensively researched and thoroughly documented, this portrait of a pioneering generation of women provides context for understanding the emergent discourse of feminizing markets. Strongly recommended for readers interested in business anthropology or gender studies, particularly for gendered discourses of finance and the female financial elite." Rebekah Wallin, Library Journal , June 2012 "Detecting gendering in high finance is a long-standing challenge - it is a domain inhospitable to the main categories of feminist analysis. Melissa Fisher goes at it with gusto and gives us a great book." Saskia Sassen, author of Territory, Authority, Rights "Melissa Fisher's Wall Street Women introduces us to a feminist world that we can hardly imagine. As they dream of changing the hostile domain of finance, women find themselves drawing on traditional notions of gender equality and coaching each other in old-fashioned survival skills. Written in enticing prose, Wall Street Women offers us an illuminating peek into a wholly unexpected fusion of feminism with the market." Alice Kessler-Harris, author of A Difficult Woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman "Georgetown University anthropologist Fisher, co-editor of Frontiers of Capital: Ethnographic Reflections on the New Economy , combines the detached curiosity of an anthropologist studying the folkways of a tribal village with a sure grasp of history, politics, and economics, as well as an affectionate regard for her subjects, a small group of highly successful women who entered Wall Street in the '60s." Publishers Weekly , May 2012 "In this compelling, detailed account, Fisher identifies the challenges the women faced as they strived to succeed in a male-dominated industry. She also presents their hopes for their own futures, as well as for future generations of Wall Street women." Maria Siano, ForeWordReviews.com , August 30th 2012 " Wall Street women is an interesting description of the commercial and class structures in which a set of women were instrumental in reducing, however partially, the dominance of men in finance."--James Carrier, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute , 2013, "Fisher shows how women who made it on Wall Street deftly deployed their supposedly innate risk-averse qualities to stay afloat long term. . . . [W]e get the pleasure of hearing conversations that normally take place behind closed doors. When the women dish about the guys in the office, they really dish." - Elizabeth Dwoskin, Bloomberg Businessweek, "Melissa Fisher's Wall Street Women introduces us to a feminist world that we can hardly imagine. As they dream of changing the hostile domain of finance, women find themselves drawing on traditional notions of gender equality and coaching each other in old-fashioned survival skills. Written in enticing prose, Wall Street Women offers us an illuminating peek into a wholly unexpected fusion of feminism with the market."- Alice Kessler-Harris , author of A Difficult Woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman, [W]ell-argued and superbly researched. . . . Fisher's in-depth case study of a Wall Street women's cohort adds ethnographic specificity to the typically cross-societal literature on market feminism., Fisher presents a world to us that taps into a current public interest in women pioneers in business, is methodologically innovative, is theoretically rich, and is ethnographically vital in understanding how to move forward as both gendered and market-engaged persons in the post-Financial crisis world., "[A] well-researched and enlightening account. . . . Ethnographers in all fields can also benefit from Fisher's approach, which consists of a combination of individual interviews, observation of and participation in association meetings where the women networked, and a final group discussion." - Maria Siano, ForeWord Reviews, "Detecting gendering in high finance is a long-standing challenge-it is a domain inhospitable to the main categories of feminist analysis. Melissa S. Fisher goes at it with gusto and gives us a great book."- Saskia Sassen , author of Territory, Authority, Rights, Wall Street Women offers insightful interpretations of the noticeable changes in the rhetoric and practice of the first women of Wall Street, encouraging further comparative study of elites in this area. Fisher's extensive fieldwork, conducted over many years, has produced a detailed, wide-ranging and thoughtful exploration of the first women of Wall Street and their navigation of a competitive corporate culture structured by ideas about masculinity. Furthermore, it makes a significant contribution to our wider understanding of capitalism and finance as gendered and the resulting complexity of this for women in a market-driven society., "Detecting gendering in high finance is a long-standing challenge it is a domain inhospitable to the main categories of feminist analysis. Melissa Fisher goes at it with gusto and gives us a great book."- Saskia Sassen , author of Territory, Authority, Rights, "Extensively researched and thoroughly documented, this portrait of a pioneering generation of women provides context for understanding the emergent discourse of feminizing markets. Strongly recommended for readers interested in business anthropology or gender studies, particularly for gendered discourses of finance and the female financial elite." - Rebekah Wallin, Library Journal, Wall Street Women serves not only as an helpful reminder of women's struggles and successes, but also as an enlightening depiction of changes--and continuing challenges--in a part of the business world often seen as mysterious at best and oppressive at worst. Indeed, the material Fisher gleans through ethnographic and archival research establishes the importance of her project, even if the book raises troubling questions about the compromises that women continue to make in the name of success, and about the nature of high finance itself., "Extensively researched and thoroughly documented, this portrait of a pioneering generation of women provides context for understanding the emergent discourse of feminizing markets. Strongly recommended for readers interested in business anthropology or gender studies, particularly for gendered discourses of finance and the female financial elite." Rebekah Wallin, Library Journal , June 2012"Detecting gendering in high finance is a long-standing challenge - it is a domain inhospitable to the main categories of feminist analysis. Melissa Fisher goes at it with gusto and gives us a great book." Saskia Sassen, author of Territory, Authority, Rights "Melissa Fisher's Wall Street Women introduces us to a feminist world that we can hardly imagine. As they dream of changing the hostile domain of finance, women find themselves drawing on traditional notions of gender equality and coaching each other in old-fashioned survival skills. Written in enticing prose, Wall Street Women offers us an illuminating peek into a wholly unexpected fusion of feminism with the market." Alice Kessler-Harris, author of A Difficult Woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman, "Fisher . . . combines the detached curiosity of an anthropologist studying the folkways of a tribal village with a sure grasp of history, politics, and economics, as well as an affectionate regard for her subjects, a small group of highly successful women who entered Wall Street in the '60s." - Publishers Weekly, "Melissa Fisher's Wall Street Women introduces us to a feminist world that we can hardly imagine. As they dream of changing the hostile domain of finance, women find themselves drawing on traditional notions of gender equality and coaching each other in old-fashioned survival skills. Written in enticing prose, Wall Street Women offers us an illuminating peek into a wholly unexpected fusion of feminism with the market."-- Alice Kessler-Harris , author of A Difficult Woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal332.64/273082

Table Of ContentAcknowledgments ix Introduction. Wall Street Women 1 1. Beginnings 27 2. Careers, Networks, and Mentors 66 3. Gendered Discourses of Finance 95 4. Women's Politics and State-Market Feminism 120 5. Life after Wall-Street 136 6. Market Feminism, Feminizing Markets, and the Financial Crisis 155 Notes 175 Bibliography 201 Index 217

SynopsisWall Street Women n tells the story of the first generation of women to establish themselves as professionals on Wall Street., Wall Street Women tells the story of the first generation of women to establish themselves as professionals on Wall Street. Since these women, who began their careers in the 1960s, faced blatant discrimination and barriers to advancement, they created formal and informal associations to bolster one another's careers. In this important historical ethnography, Melissa S. Fisher draws on fieldwork, archival research, and extensive interviews with a very successful cohort of first-generation Wall Street women. She describes their professional and political associations, most notably the Financial Women's Association of New York City and the Women's Campaign Fund, a bipartisan group formed to promote the election of pro-choice women. Fisher charts the evolution of the women's careers, the growth of their political and economic clout, changes in their perspectives and the cultural climate on Wall Street, and their experiences of the 2008 financial collapse. While most of the pioneering subjects of Wall Street Women did not participate in the women's movement as it was happening in the 1960s and 1970s, Fisher argues that they did produce a "market feminism" which aligned liberal feminist ideals about meritocracy and gender equity with the logic of the market.

LC Classification NumberHD6060