Dirty work : concepts and identities / edited by Ruth Simpson [and others].
| Other author | Simpson, Ruth, 1949- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2012. |
| Description | 1 online resource (xi, 274 pages) : illustrations. |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Series | Identity studies in the social sciences Identity studies in the social sciences. ^A1121025 |
| Contents | Introducing Dirty Work, Concepts and Identities / R. Simpson, N. Slutskaya, P. Lewis & H. Höpfl -- Dirty Work and Acts of Contamination / H. Höpfl -- 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. |
| Abstract | "This book explores new understandings and contemporary experiences of 'dirty work' -- tasks or roles that are seen to be disgusting or degrading. Through novel empirical sites that include nursing, medicalization, sex workers, sex call operators, financiers and women's magazines, the book offers new theoretical insights into a form of work that is increasing in significance in the contemporary labour market. By drawing on concepts such as staining, embodiment and 'whiteness', it complicates the clean/dirty divide in the context of work and contributes to understandings of dirty work as contingent, fluid and socially constructed. It offers rich insights into the complex ways in which such work is experienced and the variety of strategies drawn on as dirty workers seek to manage identity"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-261) and index. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Dirty work. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2012 9780230277137 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780230393530 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 0230393535 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | (hbk.) |
| ISBN | (hbk.) |
| Standard identifier# | 9786613615305 |
| Stock number | 416030 Palgrave Macmillan http://www.palgraveconnect.com |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |