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What Work Means - Claudia Strauss

What Work Means

Beyond the Puritan Work Ethic

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Buch | Softcover
372 Seiten
2024
Ilr Press (Verlag)
978-1-5017-7551-2 (ISBN)
CHF 48,85 inkl. MwSt
What Work Means goes beyond the stereotypes and captures the diverse ways Americans view work as a part of a good life. Dispelling the notion of Americans as obsessive workaholics, Claudia Strauss presents a more nuanced perspective. While some live to work, others prefer a diligent 9-to-5 work ethic that is conscientious but preserves time for other interests. Her participants often enjoyed their jobs without making work the focus of their life. These findings challenge laborist views of waged work as central to a good life as well as post-work theories that treat work solely as exploitative and soul-crushing.


Drawing upon the evocative stories of unemployed Americans from a wide range of occupations, from day laborers to corporate managers, both immigrant and native-born, Strauss explores how diverse Americans think about the place of work in a good life, gendered meanings of breadwinning, accepting financial support from family, friends, and the state, and what the ever-elusive American dream means to them. By considering how unemployment experiences diverge from joblessness earlier, What Work Means paves the way for a historically and culturally informed discussion of work meanings in a future of teleworking, greater automation, and increasing nonstandard employment.

Claudia Strauss is Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Pitzer College. She is the author of Making Sense of Public Opinion and coauthor of A Cognitive Theory of Cultural Meaning.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 1 Diagrams; 2 Charts; 4 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 907 g
Themenwelt Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht Berufs-/Gebührenrecht
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Allgemeines / Lexika
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Gender Studies
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Mikrosoziologie
Wirtschaft
ISBN-10 1-5017-7551-0 / 1501775510
ISBN-13 978-1-5017-7551-2 / 9781501775512
Zustand Neuware
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