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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790943403321

Autore

O'Brien Ruth <1960->

Titolo

Bodies in revolt [[electronic resource] ] : gender, disability, and a workplace ethic of care / / Ruth O'Brien ; foreword by Martha Albertson Fineman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2005

ISBN

1-135-39324-9

0-415-94534-8

1-135-39331-1

0-203-95478-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 198 pages)

Disciplina

331.13/3/0973

Soggetti

People with disabilities - Employment - United States

People with disabilities - Employment - Law and legislation - United States

Sex discrimination in employment - United States

Age discrimination in employment - United States

Industrial relations - Social aspects - United States

Quality of work life - United States

Feminist ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-189) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A subversive act -- The life of the body -- An alternative ethic of care -- The body at work -- Unmasking control -- Unions, bridging the divide -- Critical care.

Sommario/riassunto

Annotation Bodies in Revoltargues that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) could humanize capitalism by turning employers into care-givers, creating an ethic of care in the workplace. Unlike other feminists, Ruth O'Brien bases her ethics not on benevolence, but rather on self-preservation. She relies on Deleuze's and Guttari's interpretation of Spinoza and Foucault's conception of corporeal resistance to show how a workplace ethic that is neither communitarian nor individualistic can be based upon the rallying cry "one for all and all



for one."