Parents at Work: A Dystopian 'Fictocriticism' to Subvert Patriarchal Organisations

This book explores the experiences of parents in organizations through the lens of dystopian fictocriticism, highlighting the structural and cultural barriers they face and proposing the subversive potential of caring communities as a future to work towards.

Format: Hardback
Length: 129 pages
Publication date: 15 August 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

This groundbreaking volume employs a novel methodological approach known as dystopian fictocriticism to craft a speculative and critical narrative that delves into the experiences of parents in organizational settings. The author begins by providing a comprehensive review of fictocriticism, highlighting the blurring of boundaries between genre and gender scholarship. The book then adopts a temporally fragmented structure, exploring the past, present, and future of parenthood within organizational contexts. By integrating theories of masculinities and gendered hierarchies, the author employs critical discourse analysis to examine the reproduction of patriarchal discourse in parental experiences. The dystopian fictocriticism narrative is firmly rooted in empirical research, involving interviews with parents, which sheds light on the structural and cultural barriers they encounter. The narrative concludes with a provocative exploration of the subversive potential of caring communities within organizations as a possible future direction for work. This book holds immense appeal to students and scholars specializing in Gender Studies, Utopia/Dystopia Studies, and Organization Studies.

Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031154812
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023