The Cultural Study of Work |
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Author:
| Harper, Douglas Lawson, Helene M. |
Contribution by:
| Adler, Patricia A. Becker, Howard S. Bittner, Egon Dabney, Dean A. Faulkner, Robert K. Fine, Gary Alan Geer, Blanche Gmelch, George Haas, Jack Hochschild, Arlie Russell Hollinger, Richard Hood, Jane C. Hughes, Everett C. Lee-Treweek, Geraldine Lively, Kathryn J. Macdonald, Cameron L. Raz, Aviad E. Ronai, Carol Rambo Roy, Donald F. Sanders, Clinton R. Smith, David A. Thompson, William Tomlinson, Graham Vaught, Charles Wilson, Robert L. |
ISBN: | 978-0-7425-1918-3 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2003 |
Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $63.00 |
Book Description:
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This anthology brings more than fifty years of scholarship of the culture and sociology of work into a vivid introductory and analytical textbook. Sociologists have long sought to understand the universal activity of work from the point of view of the worker. This book shows how common sociological themes such as socialization, social interaction, the social construction of time, and deviance are experienced in work settings as diverse as the factory, the night club, the restaurant,...
More DescriptionThis anthology brings more than fifty years of scholarship of the culture and sociology of work into a vivid introductory and analytical textbook. Sociologists have long sought to understand the universal activity of work from the point of view of the worker. This book shows how common sociological themes such as socialization, social interaction, the social construction of time, and deviance are experienced in work settings as diverse as the factory, the night club, the restaurant, and to offices of high tech professionals. Featuring vivid ethnography, the book is organized around the concept of culture: the recognition that people doing things together organize social life in common and identifiable ways. As such, the book is a poignant core textbook or a perfect supplement to standard texts in the sociology of work that approach work from the demographic, structural, or macro perspectives.