Working Bodies

Through a series of case studies of low-status interactive and embodied servicing work, <i>Working Bodies</i> examines the theoretical and empirical nature of the shift to embodied work in service-dominated economies. <ul> <li>Defines ‘body work’ to include the work by service sector employees on their own bodies and on the bodies of others</li> <li>Sets UK case studies in the context of global patterns of economic change</li> <li>Explores the consequences of growing polarization in the service sector</li> <li>Draws on geography, sociology, anthropology, labour market studies, and feminist scholarship</li> </ul>