Work and Identity: Historical and Cultur
β John Kirk, Christine Wall (auth.)
π Library
π
2011
π Palgrave Macmillan UK
π English
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Work and Identity: Historical and Cultural Contexts (Identity Studies in the Social Sciences)
β Scribed by Christine Wall, John Kirk
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 265
- Series
- Identity Studies in the Social Sciences
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This book provides aΒ fascinating account of theoretical debates around identity and work, recent trends and methodological arguments concerning the role of oral testimony and its interpretation.
β¦ Table of Contents
Cover......Page 0
Contents......Page 8
List of Tables and Figures......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Introduction......Page 12
Part I Work and Identity: Exploring
History, Culture and Subjectivity......Page 30
1 Charting Historical Change:
Work in the US and UK during
the Twentieth Century......Page 32
2 Narratives of Labour and Labour
Lost: Working Life and Its
Representations......Page 57
3 Identity in Question and the
Place of Work......Page 88
Part II Work and Social Identity:
Teaching, Banking and Railway
Work......Page 110
4 Working at the Chalk-face:
Articulating the βTeacherly-Selfβ
and Educational Change......Page 112
5 Teller, Seller, Union Activist:
Class Formation and Changing
Bank Worker Identities......Page 135
6 Tracking the Place of Work Identity
on the Rails......Page 160
Part III Articulating Work Identities......Page 188
7 Something to Show For It:
The Place of Work Memorabilia
in Three Occupations......Page 190
8 Narrating Work Identity: Oral
Testimony and the Place of
Anecdotes......Page 215
Conclusion......Page 236
Appendix 1 Interviews made between
2005β2008 by age, sex and
occupation......Page 243
Notes......Page 244
References......Page 249
Index......Page 260
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