The Cultural Study of Work

Douglas Harper, Helene M. Lawson, Patricia A. Adler, Howard S. Becker, Egon Bittner, Dean A. Dabney, Robert R. Faulkner, Gary Alan Fine, Blanche Geer, George Gmelch, Jack Haas, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Richard C. Hollinger, Jane C. Hood, Everett C. Hughes, Geraldine Lee-Treweek, Kathryn J. Lively, Cameron L. Macdonald, Aviad E. Raz, Carol Rambo Ronai, Donald F. Roy, Clinton R. Sanders, David L. Smith, William E. Thompson, Graham Tomlinson, Charles Vaught, Robert N. Wilson

ISBN 10: 074251918X / ISBN 13: 9780742519183

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 00/v /11 N, 2003

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Synopsis:

This anthology brings more than fifty years of scholarship of the culture and sociology of work into a compelling introductory and analytical text. Sociologists have long sought to understand the universal activity of work from the point of view of the worker. This book shows how common sociological themes such as socialization, social interaction, the social construction of time, and deviance are experienced in work settings as diverse as the factory, the nightclub, the restaurant, and the offices of high-tech professionals. Featuring vivid ethnographies, the book is organized around the concept of culture: the recognition that people doing things together organize social life in common and identifiable ways. As such, this collection can be used as an innovative core reader or as an ideal supplement to standard texts that approach work from the demographic, structural, or macro perspectives. An online teaching guide is available to all adopters.

About the Author: William E. Thompson is a professor of sociology at Texas A&M University–Commerce. He has authored and coauthored more than forty articles in professional journals, including several reprinted in sociology textbooks and readers.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Cultural Study of Work
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 00/v /11 N
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good