Emotional Labour Pains: Rebirth of the Good Girl

Marguerite Westacott; Claire Green; Sandra Elsom

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-75859-2_7

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Emotional Labour Pains: Rebirth of the Good Girl

Marguerite Westacott, Claire Green and Sandra Elsom

Reimagining the Academy: ShiFting Towards Kindness, Connection, and an Ethics of Care, pp.97-117

Palgrave Macmillan

2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75859-2_7

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This chapter is written from the perspective of three women who share a past, present and future within and without academia. Brought together through the experiences of motherhood, study, career and mentorship, they are working as early-career academics in the enabling sector of higher education. Their roles demand a high level of emotional labour. Compassion and empathy guide their practice, yet are rarely extended into their self-care. Through a contemplative process, the authors meet the ‘good girl’ they have each embodied and realise her influence on their attitudes and behaviours. Through their collaborative writing, they recontextualise what it means to be ‘good’ and reject the assumption that caring work is feminine. They call for the academy to value a pedagogy of care.

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Title: Emotional Labour Pains: Rebirth of the Good Girl
Authors: Marguerite Westacott (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Education and Tertiary Access
Claire Green (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Education and Tertiary Access
Sandra Elsom (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Education and Tertiary Access
Contributors: Alison L Black (Editor) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Rachael Dwyer (Editor) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre - Legacy
Publication details: Reimagining the Academy: ShiFting Towards Kindness, Connection, and an Ethics of Care, pp.97-117
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Date published: 2021
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-75859-2_7; 10.1007/978-3-030-75859-2
Organisation Unit: Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99588808502621
Output Type: Book chapter

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