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Consumption and identity at work /

Paul du Gay shows how the capacities and predispositions required of consumers and those required of employees are increasingly difficult to distinguish. Both consumers and employees are represented as autonomous, responsible, calculating individuals. They are constituted as such in the language of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Du Gay, Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 1996.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Paul du Gay shows how the capacities and predispositions required of consumers and those required of employees are increasingly difficult to distinguish. Both consumers and employees are represented as autonomous, responsible, calculating individuals. They are constituted as such in the language of consumer cultures and the all-pervasive discourses of enterprise whereby persons are required to be entrepreneurs of the self, at work, at play and in all aspects of their lives.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (213 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-204) and index.
ISBN:9781849206815
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