Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Volume 33 Issue 7
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An International JournalTable of contents - Special Issue: Difference, diversity and inclusion in monstrous organizations
Guest Editors: Professor Torkild Thanem and Professor Alison Pullen
On the naming of monsters : Organization, (in)equality and diversity in the age of technological reproduction
Brian P. Bloomfield, Theo VurdubakisThe pupose of this paper is twofold. First, to consider the cultural reception of recent developments in genetic technology and human reproduction, particularly in relation to the…
Appropriating the abject: an anthropophagic approach to organizational diversity
Gazi IslamThe purpose of this paper is to examine the monstrous in organizational diversity by introducing the concept of cultural anthropophagy to the diversity literature. Using…
Classifying difference in organizing, or how to create monsters
Andreas DiedrichThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the operation of classification mechanisms in organizational life, and how they construct the skills and knowledge of initially…
Monstrous motherhood versus magical maternity? An exploration of conflicting attitudes to maternity within health discourses and organizational settings
Caroline J GatrellThe purpose of this paper is to compare public health discourses on the importance of motherhood with organizational attitudes towards childbearing. It shows how pregnancy and the…
Always different?: exploring the monstrous-feminine and maternal embodiment in organisation
Sheena J VachhaniThe purpose of this paper is to problematise the notion of woman-as-monster and draws together a conceptual analysis of the monstrous-feminine and its relation to maternal and…
We are all monsters now! : A Marxist critique of liberal organization and the need for a revolutionary monstrous humanism
Peter BloomThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how Marxist accounts of capitalism and capitalists as “vampiric” and “cannibalistic” can challenge the exploitation underlying…
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2040-7149Renamed from:
Equal Opportunities InternationalOnline date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Prof Eddy Ng