{"product_id":"9781405159784","title":"Working Bodies Interactive Service Employment and Workplace Identities","description":"\u003ch3\u003eIJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eWorking Bodies\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eInteractive Service Employment and Workplace Identities\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLinda McDowell\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience \/ Earth Sciences \/ Geography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThrough a series of case studies of low-status interactive and embodied servicing work, \u003ci\u003eWorking Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e examines the theoretical and empirical nature of the shift to embodied work in service-dominated economies.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDefines ‘body work’ to include the work by service sector employees on their own bodies and on the bodies of others\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSets UK case studies in the context of global patterns of economic change\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the consequences of growing polarization in the service sector\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on geography, sociology, anthropology, labour market studies, and feminist scholarship\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eLinda McDowell\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Human Geography and Director of the Graduate School of Geography at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St. John's College, where she is also Director of the Research Centre.  Widely published, McDowell's books include \u003ci\u003eCapital Culture: Gender at Work in the City\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), \u003ci\u003eRedundant Masculinities? Employment Change and White Working Class Youth\u003c\/i\u003e (2003) and \u003ci\u003eHard Labour\u003c\/i\u003e (2005).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12 October 2009\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405159784\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e284\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15.04\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315361575052,"sku":"9781405159784","price":39.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405159784.jpg?v=1780195606","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781405159784","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}