The culture of soft work : labor, gender, and race in postmodern American narrative / Heather J. Hicks.

Author/creator Hicks, Heather J.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Descriptionxii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects
American fiction--20th century. --History and criticism.
Work in literature.
Management in literature.
Industrial relations in literature.
Sex role in the work environment.
Management--Philosophy.
Corporate culture--United States.

SeriesAmerican literature readings in the 21st century
American literature readings in the 21st century. ^A701545
Contents Introduction: "Soft is hard" -- "No good to anybody": Player piano, General Electric, and the consumption of work -- Soft soap, snow jobs, and apartment keys: human relations management in mid-century literature and film -- Automating feminism: self-actualization versus the post-work society in Joanna Russ's The female man -- A cyborg's work is never done: programming cyborgs, workaholics, and feminists in Marge Piercy's He, she, and it -- "Sleeping beauty": corporate culture, race, and reality in Michael Crichton's Rising sun and Tom Clancy's Debt of honor -- Hoodoo economics: on management gurus and magical Black men in postmodern American culture.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [241]-250) and index.
LCCN 2008019900
ISBN023060823X (alk. paper)
ISBN9780230608238 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PS 374.W64 H53 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold