Working bodies: interactive service employment and workplace identities

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 o...

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Beteilige Person: McDowell, Linda 1949- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Malden, MA [u.a.] Wiley-Blackwell 2009
Schriftenreihe:Studies in urban and social change
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Links:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444310214
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444310214
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444310214
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444310214
Zusammenfassung: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
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (IX, 272 S.) Ill.
ISBN:9781444310214
9781444310221
9781282331587