Towards a Performative Understanding of Deservingness: Merit, Gender and the BBC Pay Dispute
Drawing largely on a high-profile case of unequal pay at the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) as an illustrative example, this conceptual paper considers differences and interrelationships between merit and deservingness, where the latter captures how, through appropriate performances, merit i...
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| author | Simpson, Ruth |
| author2 | Kumra, Savita Lewis, Patricia Rumens, Nick |
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| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Simpson, Ruth Kumra, Savita Lewis, Patricia Rumens, Nick |
| dc.date.none.fl_str_mv | 2020-02-16T06:06:19Z 2020-02-16T06:06:19Z 2020 |
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| dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv | Simpson R, Kumra S, Lewis P, Rumens N. Towards a performative understanding of deservingness: Merit, gender and the BBC pay dispute. Gender Work Organ. 2020;27:181–197. 1468-0432 http://hdl.handle.net/11073/16597 10.1111/gwao.12397 |
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| dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv | https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12397 |
| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv | Deservingness Merit Performativity Gender Pay gap BBC British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) |
| dc.title.none.fl_str_mv | Towards a Performative Understanding of Deservingness: Merit, Gender and the BBC Pay Dispute |
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| description | Drawing largely on a high-profile case of unequal pay at the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) as an illustrative example, this conceptual paper considers differences and interrelationships between merit and deservingness, where the latter captures how, through appropriate performances, merit is given recognition and value. We propose a performative understanding of deservingness that highlights its gendered and embodied dimensions. Informed by Judith Butler’s account of gender performativity, we show that, while merit is conventionally conceptualized as a relatively fixed set of attributes (qualifications, skill) ‘attached’ to the individual, deservingness captures how, in gendered terms, value and recognition are both claimed and conferred. As we argue, a gendered, deserving subject does not pre-exist but is performatively constituted through embodied practices and performances of what is seen as worthy in a particular time and place. |
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| spelling | Towards a Performative Understanding of Deservingness: Merit, Gender and the BBC Pay DisputeSimpson, RuthKumra, SavitaLewis, PatriciaRumens, NickDeservingnessMeritPerformativityGenderPay gapBBCBritish Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)Drawing largely on a high-profile case of unequal pay at the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) as an illustrative example, this conceptual paper considers differences and interrelationships between merit and deservingness, where the latter captures how, through appropriate performances, merit is given recognition and value. We propose a performative understanding of deservingness that highlights its gendered and embodied dimensions. Informed by Judith Butler’s account of gender performativity, we show that, while merit is conventionally conceptualized as a relatively fixed set of attributes (qualifications, skill) ‘attached’ to the individual, deservingness captures how, in gendered terms, value and recognition are both claimed and conferred. As we argue, a gendered, deserving subject does not pre-exist but is performatively constituted through embodied practices and performances of what is seen as worthy in a particular time and place.Wiley Online Library2020-02-16T06:06:19Z2020-02-16T06:06:19Z2020Peer-ReviewedPostprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfSimpson R, Kumra S, Lewis P, Rumens N. Towards a performative understanding of deservingness: Merit, gender and the BBC pay dispute. Gender Work Organ. 2020;27:181–197.1468-0432http://hdl.handle.net/11073/1659710.1111/gwao.12397en_UShttps://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12397oai:repository.aus.edu:11073/165972024-08-22T12:16:54Z |
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| title | Towards a Performative Understanding of Deservingness: Merit, Gender and the BBC Pay Dispute |
| title_full | Towards a Performative Understanding of Deservingness: Merit, Gender and the BBC Pay Dispute |
| title_fullStr | Towards a Performative Understanding of Deservingness: Merit, Gender and the BBC Pay Dispute |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards a Performative Understanding of Deservingness: Merit, Gender and the BBC Pay Dispute |
| title_short | Towards a Performative Understanding of Deservingness: Merit, Gender and the BBC Pay Dispute |
| title_sort | Towards a Performative Understanding of Deservingness: Merit, Gender and the BBC Pay Dispute |
| topic | Deservingness Merit Performativity Gender Pay gap BBC British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11073/16597 |