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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797911303321

Titolo

Flexible capitalism : exchange and ambiguity at work / / edited by Jens Kjaerulff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78238-616-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Collana

EASA Series ; ; 25

Disciplina

331.2

Soggetti

Work environment - Social aspects

Adaptability (Psychology)

Interpersonal relations

Capitalism - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Flexible Capitalism; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Everybody Gives; 2 Unveiling the Work of the Gift; 3 Flexibility Frictions; 4 Taking Over the Gift ; 5 How to Stay Entangled in a World of Flows; 6 The Payoff of Love and the Traffic of Favours; 7 Flexible Capitalism and Transactional Orders in Colonial and Postcolonial Mauritius; 8 The Corrosion of Character Revisited; 9 Afterword ; Notes on Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Approaching "work" as at heart a practice of exchange, this volume explores sociality in work environments marked by the kind of structural changes that have come to define contemporary "flexible" capitalism. It introduces anthropological exchange theory to a wider readership, and shows how the perspective offers new ways to enquire about the flexible capitalism's social dimensions. The essays contribute to a trans-disciplinary scholarship on contemporary economic practice and change by documenting how, across diverse settings, "gift-like" socialities proliferate, and even sustain the intensified flexible commoditization that more commonly is touted as tearing social relations apart. By interrogating a keenly debated contemporary work regime through an approach to sociality rooted in a rich and distinct



anthropological legacy, the volume also makes a novel contribution to the anthropological literature on work and on exchange.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797654203321

Autore

Samuel Lawrence R.

Titolo

American fatherhood : a cultural history / / Lawrence R. Samuel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4422-4811-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Disciplina

306.874/2

Soggetti

Fatherhood - United States - History

Fathers - United States - History

Families - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

America's newest endangered species -- The new fatherhood -- The daddytrack -- The role of a lifetime -- Manny knows best.

Sommario/riassunto

This book traces changes in what it means to be a dad in America, from the 1960s through today. Beginning with an overview of fatherhood in America from the "founding fathers" through the 1950s, the book progresses to the role of fathers as they were encouraged to move beyond being simply providers to becoming more engaged parents.