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UNINA9910790943403321 |
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Autore |
O'Brien Ruth <1960-> |
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Titolo |
Bodies in revolt [[electronic resource] ] : gender, disability, and a workplace ethic of care / / Ruth O'Brien ; foreword by Martha Albertson Fineman |
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New York, : Routledge, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-39324-9 |
0-415-94534-8 |
1-135-39331-1 |
0-203-95478-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xviii, 198 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-189) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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