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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806950203321

Autore

Thomas James M. <1982->

Titolo

Affective labour : (dis)assembling distance and difference / / James M. Thomas and Jennifer G. Correa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Rowman & Littlefield International, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-78348-391-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Disciplina

306.0973

Soggetti

Social conflict - United States

Equality - United States

United States Social conditions 21st century

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

cover; frontmatter; contents; acknowledgements; introduction; chapter one; chapter two; chapter three; chapter four; chapter five; conclusion; bibliography; index

Sommario/riassunto

A critical examination of affective labour based on ethnographic fieldwork. It traces the centrality of affective labor in enabling and constraining prevailing norms and practices of race, citizenship, class, gender, and sexuality across multiple spatial contexts.