Laboring Bodies and the Quantified Self

The body has become central to practices of self-tracking. By focusing on the relations between quantification, the body, and labor, this volume sheds light on the ways in which discourses on data collection, office work, and production are instrumental in redefining concepts of labor, including not...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reichardt, Ulfried
Otros Autores: Schober, Regina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcipt Verlag, 2020.
Colección:American studies (Transcript (Firm))
Temas:
Human body > Social aspects > United States.
Self-monitoring > Social aspects > United States.
Labor > Social aspects > United States.
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Human body in literature.
Self in literature.
Labor in literature.
Self-actualization (Psychology) in literature.
American literature > History and criticism.
America.
American Studies.
Biopolitics.
Body.
Cultural Studies.
David Foster Wallace.
Fertility.
Herman Melville.
Labor.
Literary Studies.
Literature.
Postfeminism.
Subjectivity.
US Fiction.
Monitorage de soi > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Travail > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Corps humain dans la littérature.
Moi (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
Travail dans la littérature.
Actualisation de soi dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.
American literature.
Human body > Social aspects.
Labor > Social aspects.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The body has become central to practices of self-tracking. By focusing on the relations between quantification, the body, and labor, this volume sheds light on the ways in which discourses on data collection, office work, and production are instrumental in redefining concepts of labor, including notions of immaterial and free labor in an increasingly virtual work environment. The contributions explore the functions of quantification in conceptualizing the body as a laboring body and examine how quantification contributes to disciplining the body. By doing so, they also inquire how practices of self-tracking, self-monitoring, and self-optimization have evolved historically.
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (247 p.).
ISBN:3839449219
9783839449219

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