Working Bodies
Interactive Service Employment and Workplace Identities
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Earth Sciences, Geography
| Author: | Linda McDowell | ISBN: | 9781444399639 |
| Publisher: | Wiley | Publication: | July 22, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell | Language: | English |
| Author: | Linda McDowell |
| ISBN: | 9781444399639 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Publication: | July 22, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Language: | English |
Through a series of case studies of low-status interactive and embodied servicing work, Working Bodies examines the theoretical and empirical nature of the shift to embodied work in service-dominated economies.
- Defines ‘body work’ to include the work by service sector employees on their own bodies and on the bodies of others
- Sets UK case studies in the context of global patterns of economic change
- Explores the consequences of growing polarization in the service sector
- Draws on geography, sociology, anthropology, labour market studies, and feminist scholarship
Through a series of case studies of low-status interactive and embodied servicing work, Working Bodies examines the theoretical and empirical nature of the shift to embodied work in service-dominated economies.
- Defines ‘body work’ to include the work by service sector employees on their own bodies and on the bodies of others
- Sets UK case studies in the context of global patterns of economic change
- Explores the consequences of growing polarization in the service sector
- Draws on geography, sociology, anthropology, labour market studies, and feminist scholarship
