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- État
- ISBN-13
- 9780801456855
- Type
- NA
- Publication Name
- NA
- ISBN
- 9780801456855
- Book Title
- World of Work : Imagined Manuals for Real Jobs
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Genre
- Education, Business & Economics, Social Science, Political Science
- Topic
- Counseling / Career Development, Labor & Industrial Relations, Careers / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Labor
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 248 Pages
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Ever wondered what it would be like to be a street magician in Paris? A fish farmer in Norway? A costume designer in Bollywood? This playful and accessible look at different types of work around the world delivers a wealth of information and advice about a wide array of jobs and professions. The value of this book is twofold: For young people or middle-aged people who are undecided about their career paths and feel constrained in their choices, A World of Work offers an expansive vision. For ethnographers, this book offers an excellent example of using the practical details of everyday life to shed light on larger structural issues. Each chapter in this collection of ethnographic fiction could be considered a job manual. Yet not any typical job manual--to do justice to the ways details about jobs are conveyed in culturally specific ways, the authors adopt a range of voices and perspectives. One chapter is written as though it was a letter from an older sister counseling her brother on how to be a doctor in Malawi. Another is framed as a eulogy for a well-loved village magistrate in Papua New Guinea who may have been killed by sorcery. Beneath the novelty of the examples are some serious messages that Ilana Gershon highlights in her introduction. These ethnographies reveal the connection between work and culture, the impact of societal values on the conditions of employment. Readers will be surprised at how much they can learn about an entire culture by being given the chance to understand just one occupation.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cornell University Press
ISBN-10
0801456851
ISBN-13
9780801456855
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208803858
Product Key Features
Book Title
World of Work : Imagined Manuals for Real Jobs
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Counseling / Career Development, Labor & Industrial Relations, Careers / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Labor
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Education, Business & Economics, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
248 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Gn448.5.W67 2015
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Reviews
"I read with real pleasure and enjoyment this imaginative collection of essays produced mostly by established anthropologists, and a few others who are practitioners of their crafts, on a quirky diversity of jobs. Charmingly, Ilana Gershon offers this collection as 'a graduation gift to my students, a bouquet of possibilities so that you can start thinking in concrete detail about what you need to know to do many different kinds of unusual jobs.' A very valuable gift indeed for the sorts of job markets that a highly cosmopolitan and ethnically diverse college student body faces today. I was charmed by its imaginative and readable format, and A World of Work is also quite a deep collection on the nature of work in a number of specializations. It is for anyone who enjoys the drama, humor, and achievement of applying learned skills in everyday life."-George E. Marcus, Director of the Center for Ethnography, University of California, Irvine, coauthor of Designs for an Anthropology of the Contemporary, "I read with real pleasure and enjoyment this imaginative collection of essays produced mostly by established anthropologists, and a few others who are practitioners of their crafts, on a quirky diversity of jobs. Charmingly, Ilana Gershon offers this collection as 'a graduation gift to my students, a bouquet of possibilities so that you can start thinking in concrete detail about what you need to know to do many different kinds of unusual jobs.' A very valuable gift indeed for the sorts of job markets that a highly cosmopolitan and ethnically diverse college student body faces today. I was charmed by its imaginative and readable format, and A World of Work is also quite a deep collection on the nature of work in a number of specializations. It is for anyone who enjoys the drama, humor, and achievement of applying learned skills in everyday life."--George E. Marcus, Director of the Center for Ethnography, University of California, Irvine, coauthor of Designs for an Anthropology of the Contemporary, This delightful book takes the reader into the everyday work lives of people all over the world. What is it like to be doctor in Malawi, a magician in Paris, a crime scene investigator in Sweden? Each chapter is unexpected and engaging. You'll discover your own work and cultural underpinnings by experiencing how different life is for others. This is the most interesting and entertaining job-oriented book I've read in a long time., "I read with real pleasure and enjoyment this imaginative collection of essays produced mostly by established anthropologists, and a few others who are practitioners of their crafts, on a quirky diversity of jobs. Charmingly, Ilana Gershon offers this collection as 'a graduation gift to my students, a bouquet of possibilities so that you can start thinking in concrete detail about what you need to know to do many different kinds of unusual jobs.' A very valuable gift indeed for the sorts of job markets that a highly cosmopolitan and ethnically diverse college student body faces today. I was charmed by its imaginative and readable format, and The World of Work is also quite a deep collection on the nature of work in a number of specializations. It is for anyone who enjoys the drama, humor, and achievement of applying learned skills in everyday life."--George E. Marcus, Director of the Center for Ethnography, University of California, Irvine, coauthor of Designs for an Anthropology of the Contemporary, "This delightful book takes the reader into the everyday work lives of people all over the world. What is it like to be doctor in Malawi, a magician in Paris, a crime scene investigator in Sweden? Each chapter is unexpected and engaging. You'll discover your own work and cultural underpinnings by experiencing how different life is for others. This is the most interesting and entertaining job-oriented book I've read in a long time."--Nicholas Lore, bestselling author of T he Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success, I read with real pleasure and enjoyment this imaginative collection of essays produced mostly by established anthropologists, and a few others who are practitioners of their crafts, on a quirky diversity of jobs. Charmingly, Ilana Gershon offers this collection as 'a graduation gift to my students, a bouquet of possibilities so that you can start thinking in concrete detail about what you need to know to do many different kinds of unusual jobs.' A very valuable gift indeed for the sorts of job markets that a highly cosmopolitan and ethnically diverse college student body faces today. I was charmed by its imaginative and readable format, and A World of Work is also quite a deep collection on the nature of work in a number of specializations. It is for anyone who enjoys the drama, humor, and achievement of applying learned skills in everyday life., "This delightful book takes the reader into the everyday work lives of people all over the world. What is it like to be doctor in Malawi, a magician in Paris, a crime scene investigator in Sweden? Each chapter is unexpected and engaging. You'll discover your own work and cultural underpinnings by experiencing how different life is for others. This is the most interesting and entertaining job-oriented book I've read in a long time."-Nicholas Lore, bestselling author of T he Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success
Table of Content
Introduction by Ilana Gershon 1. Letter to a Young Malawian Doctor by Claire Wendland and Chiwoza Bandawe 2. What You Need to Know to Be a Fish Farmer in West Norway by Marianne Elisabeth Lien and John Law 3. How to Be a Magician in Paris by Graham M. Jones with Loïc Marquet 4. Being a Village Court Magistrate in Papua New Guinea by Melissa Demian 5. The Chaplain: Being a Physician of the Soul in a Secular Age by Winnifred Fallers Sullivan and Christopher Swift 6. Being a Crime Scene Technician in Sweden by Corinna Kruse 7. Playing Piano without a Piano in Bolivia by Michelle Bigenho 8. Making Do in Perpetual Crisis: How to Be a Journalist in Buryatia by Kathryn E. Graber 9. How to Be a Professional Organizer in the United States by Carrie M. Lane 10. The Character in Question: How to Design Film Costumes in India by Lovleen Bains and Clare Wilkinson 11. Reflections from a Life on the Line: How to Be a Factory Worker by Caitrin Lynch and Warren Chamberlain 12. How to Be a Cell Phone Repair Technician by Amanda Kemble, Briel Kobak, Joshua A. Bell, and Joel Kuipers 13. Becoming a Professional Wrestler in Mexico City by Heather Levi 14. The Pains and Peaks of Being a Ballerina in London by Helena Wulff Afterword by Jean Lave List of Contributors Index
Copyright Date
2015
Afterword by
Lave, Jean
Lccn
2014-049157
Dewey Decimal
331.7
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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