Working Bodies Interactive Service Employment and Workplace Identities

Name: Working Bodies Interactive Service Employment and Workplace Identities
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ISBN: 9781405159784

ISBN-10: 1405159782

ISBN-13: 9781405159784

Edition: 2009

Authors: Linda McDowell

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Working Bodies examines the theoretical underpinnings and empirical nature of the noticeable shift to interactive and embodied forms of work in service economies. Introductory chapters explore the transformation of labour markets in advanced industrial economies, the arguments for and against a radical shift in the nature of employment, the growth of inequality and assess the growing significance of the body/work relationship. Later chapters consist of a series of mainly UK-based case studies of interactive and embodied servicing work - from childcare and sex work to boxing, nursing and low paid jobs in hospitality.Combining geographical and sociological theories with empirical research,…

Book details

Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 10/2/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 284
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.10" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Series Preface


Preface and Acknowledgements



Introduction: Service Employment and the Commoditization of the Body



Locating Service Work



The rise of the Service Economy



Thinking Through Embodiment: Explaining Interactive Service Employment



High Touch Servicing Work in Private and Public Spaces



Up Close and Personal: Intimate Work in the Home



Selling Bodies I: Sex Work



Selling Bodies II: Masculine Strength and Licensed Violence



High Touch Servicing Work in Specialist Spaces



Bodies in Sickness and in Health: Care Work and Beauty Work



Warm Bodies: Doing Deference in Routine Interactive Work



Conclusions: Bodies in Place


Index