Melissa S. Fisher, a cultural anthropologist, is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University. She is the author of Wall Street Women and the co-editor of Frontiers of Capital: Ethnographic Reflections on the New Economy.
Melissa S. Fisher
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Wall Street Women on Film
In an early scene in the recent film Equity, senior investment banker Naomi Bishop (Anna Gunn) and vice president Erin Manning (Sarah Megan Thomas) are celebrating a deal with clients in an upscale restaurant. Soon Erin heads to the bathroom, a nearly full martini glass half hidden by her purse. As she pours out her […]
