Work in all its guises is a fundamental part of the human
experience, and yet it is a setting where emotions rarely take
centre stage. This edited collection interrogates the troubled
relationship between emotion and work to shed light on the feelings
and meanings of both paid and unpaid labour from the late 19th to
the 21st century. Central to this book is a reappraisal of
‘emotional labour’, now associated with the household and
‘life admin’ work largely undertaken by women and which
reflects and perpetuates gender inequalities. Critiquing this term,
and the history of how work has made us feel, Feelings and Work in
Modern History explores the changing values we have ascribed to our
labour, examines the methods deployed by workplaces to manage or
‘administrate’ our emotions, and traces feelings through 19th,
20th and 21st century Europe, Asia and South America. Exploring the
damages wrought to physical and emotional health by certain
workplaces and practices, critiquing the pathologisation of some
emotional responses to work, and acknowledging the joy and meaning
people derive from their labour, this book appraises the notion of
‘work-life balance’, explores the changing notions of
professionalism and critically engages with the history of
capitalism and neo-liberalism. In doing so, it interrogates the
lasting impact of some of these histories on the current and future
emotional landscape of labour.
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