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Maternal presenteeism: theorizing the importance for working mothers of 'being there' for their children beyond infancy (2021)
Journal Article
Edgley, A. (2021). Maternal presenteeism: theorizing the importance for working mothers of 'being there' for their children beyond infancy. Gender, Work and Organization, 28(3), 1023-1039. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12619

This study theorizes why full-time working women with partners and school-age children deploy talk of maximal irreplaceable maternal care. The concept of maternal presenteeism frames women's personal beliefs, perceptions, and ambitions as subject to... Read More about Maternal presenteeism: theorizing the importance for working mothers of 'being there' for their children beyond infancy.

“I don’t have any emotions”: An ethnography of emotional labour and feeling rules in the emergency department (2021)
Journal Article
Kirk, K., Cohen, L., Edgley, A., & Timmons, S. (2021). “I don’t have any emotions”: An ethnography of emotional labour and feeling rules in the emergency department. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 77(4), 1956-1967. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14765

Aims: This study aims to apply Hochschild's theory of emotional labour to emergency care, and uncover the 'specialty-specific' feeling rules driving this labour. Despite the importance of positive nurse wellbeing, the emotional labour of nursing (a g... Read More about “I don’t have any emotions”: An ethnography of emotional labour and feeling rules in the emergency department.

Love, Fear and Disgust: Deconstructing Masculinities and Affective Embodiment in Pregnancy Guides for Men (2021)
Journal Article
Edgley, A., & Roberts, J. (2021). Love, Fear and Disgust: Deconstructing Masculinities and Affective Embodiment in Pregnancy Guides for Men. Men and Masculinities, 24(4), 652-670. https://doi.org/10.1177/1097184X21990711

© The Author(s) 2021. Employing a material discursive approach, this article deconstructs advice within published guides to pregnancy and birth written by men for men. We deconstruct the representation of feelings and emotions in men during this peri... Read More about Love, Fear and Disgust: Deconstructing Masculinities and Affective Embodiment in Pregnancy Guides for Men.