Bodies at work

Bodies at work / Carol Wolkowitz.

"After reading this book it will be more difficult to "do" the sociology of work and the sociology of the body in the absence of the other. In some quite exquisite ways it throws down a challenge which practitioners in both fields will find difficult to ignore"--Paul Stewart, for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wolkowitz, Carol
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : SAGE, 2006.
Subjects:
Industrial sociology.
Human body.
Labor > Social aspects.
Work > Physiological aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Human body
Industrial sociology
Labor > Social aspects
Work > Physiological aspects
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1
  • Embodiment and Paid Employment; Chapter 2
  • Picturing Embodied Labour; Chapter 3
  • Industrial Bodies; Chapter 4
  • Customer Services; Chapter 5
  • Vulnerable Bodies: Workplace 'Accidents', Injury and Ill Health; Chapter 6
  • Will Any Body Do? Conceptualising the 'Prostitute Body'; Chapter 7
  • Body Work as Social Relationship and as Labour; Chapter 8
  • Concluding Remarks; References; Index.

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