Women Managers in American Popular Culture

This book explores various portrayals of women managers in American culture from the late 1960s to the present. This interdisciplinary volume will be of interest to scholars and students in cultural studies, gender studies, American studies, and cinema studies, as well as those in economics, management, and business schools.

Emanuela Barasch Rubinstein is a scholar and author of fiction, who explores history through a cultural lens. Her other academic books examine Nazism and the Holocaust within the framework of German culture and Christianity. Her works of fiction - Five Selves, Delivery, and Intimate Solitude - center around themes of selfhood and gender roles across various historical settings.

Introduction I. Inventing a Woman Manager 1. A Hypothetical Woman Manager: Atlas Shrugged, 1957 2. A Masculine Woman Manager: Network, 1976 II. A Real-Life Woman Manager 3. A Mother and a Manager: Baby Boom, 1987 4. Climbing the Social Ladder: Working Girl, 1988 III. The Setback: A Negative Portrayal of Women Managers 5. The Manipulative Woman Manager: Disclosure, 1994 6. A Vicious Woman Manager: The Devil Wears Prada, 2006 IV. A Woman Manager in a Changing World 7. New Gender Roles: The Intern, 2015 8. The Price of Success: Lean In, 2013 Conclusion Index