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9780761960645

Bodies at Work

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  • ISBN13:

    9780761960645

  • ISBN10:

    0761960643

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-07-27
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

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Summary

Bodies at Work provides the first comprehensive and accessible overview of the body/work relation in contemporary western societies. Bridging fields of sociology that have hitherto developed mainly along separate lines, the book demonstrates how concepts developed in the sociology of the body can enrich our understanding of changing patterns of work and employment.

Author Biography

Carol Wolkowitz is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Warwick

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Illustrations
vii
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction 1(8)
Embodiment and Paid Employment
9(24)
Picturing Embodied Labour
33(21)
Industrial Bodies
54(16)
Customer Services
70(30)
Vulnerable Bodies: Workplace `Accidents', Injury and Ill Health
100(18)
Will Any Body Do? Conceptualising the `Prostitute Body'
118(28)
Body Work as Social Relationship and as Labour
146(25)
Concluding Remarks
171(14)
References 185(22)
Index 207

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