UID:
almahu_9947363226602882
Format:
288 p. :
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5 b&w, 2 figures, halftones, 1.
ISBN:
9780230393530 :
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0230393535 :
Series Statement:
Identity studies in the social sciences
Content:
This book explores understandings and experiences of 'dirty work' -- tasks or occupations that are seen as disgusting and degrading. It complicates the 'clean/dirty' divide in the context of organizations and work and illustrates some of the complex ways in which dirty work identities are managed.
Note:
Electronic book text.
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Epublication based on: 9780230277137, 2012.
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Notes on Contributors Introducing Dirty Work, Concepts and Identities-- R.Simpson, N.Slutskaya, P.Lewis & H.Hopfl Dirty Work and Acts of Contamination-- H.Hopfl Stains, Staining and the Ethics of Dirty Work-- S.Vachhani Reconceptualising Dirty Work: Investment Banking and the Financial Crisis-- L.Stanley 'Glamour Girls, Macho Men and Everything in Between': Un/doing Gender and Dirty Work in Soho's Sex Shops-- M.Tyler Doing Gender in Dirty Work: Exotic Dancers' Construction of Self-Enhancing Identities-- G.Grandy & S.Mavin Dirty Talks and Gender Cleanliness: An Account of Identity Management Practices in Phone Sex Work-- G.Selmi Embracing Dirt in Nursing Matters-- R.McMurray Dispersing of Dirt: Inscribing Bodies and Polluting Organisation-- P.White & A.Pullen Gendering and Embodying Dirty Work: Men Managing Taint in the Context of Nursing Care-- R.Simpson, N.Slutskaya & J.Hughes Cleaning Up: Transnational Corporate Femininity and Dirty Work in Magazine Culture-- E.Swan Managing 'Dirty' Migrant Identities: Migrant Labour and the Neutralisation of Dirty Work Through 'Moral' Group Identity-- G.Lee-Treweek Post-feminism and Entrepreneurship: Interpreting Disgust in a Female Entrepreneurial Narrative-- P.Lewis Bibliography Index.
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Language:
English
URL:
Online journal 'available contents' page
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