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    The 'Feminine Revolution in Mining': a critique

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    Authors
    Pini, Barbara
    Mayes, Robyn
    Date
    2010
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Pini, B. and Mayes, R. 2010. The 'Feminine Revolution in Mining': a critique. Australian Geographer. 41 (2): pp. 233-245.
    Source Title
    Australian Geographer
    DOI
    10.1080/00049181003742336
    ISSN
    00049182
    Faculty
    Vice Chancellory
    School
    John Curtin Institute of Public Policy (JCIPP)
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2648
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    This paper presents an analysis of media reports of Australian women in mine management. It argues that a dominant storyline in the texts is one of gender change; in fact, a "feminine revolution" is said to have occurred in the mining industry andcorporate Australia more generally. Despite this celebratory and transformative discoursethe female mine managers interviewed in the media texts seek to distance themselves from women/female identity/femininity and take up a script of gender neutrality. It is demonstrated, however, that that this script is saturated with the assumptions and definitions of managerial masculinity.

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