Walking Mannequins : How Race and Gender Inequalities Shape Retail Clothing Work /

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In malls across the United States, clothing retail workers navigate low wages and unpredictable schedules. Despite these problems, they devote time and money to mirror the sleek mannequins stylishly adorned with the latest merchandise. Bringing workers' voices to the fore, sociologists Joya Mis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Misra, Joya (Autor), Walters, Kyla (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2022]
Temas:
Equality.
Retail trade > Social aspects > United States.
Retail trade > United States > Employees.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I. Introduction
  • Introduction
  • 1. Low Wages, Little Training, and Unpredictable Hours
  • Part II. Managers, Coworkers, and Customers
  • 2. Multilevel Management and the Service Panopticon
  • 3. Coworkers and Belonging
  • 3. Coworkers and Belonging
  • Part III. Aesthetic Labor
  • 5. Beautiful Bodies on the Sales Floor
  • 6. Modeling the Merchandise
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Research Design and Methods
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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