Home and Work (Paperback, New edition)

This text explores the intricacies and implications of how people draw the line between home and work. Arguing that relationships between the two realms range from those that are highly "integrating" to those that are highly "segmenting," it examines the ways people sculpt the boundaries between home and work. With sensitivity to the symbolic value of objects and actions, the author explores the meaning of clothing, wallets, lunches and vacations, and the places and ways in which we engage our family, friends, and co-workers. Commuting habits are also revealing, showing how the transition between home and work "selves" is made though ritualized behaviour like greetings and farewells, the consumption of food, dress, choices of routes to and from work, and listening, working, and sleeping habits during these journeys.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 1996
First published:	June 1996
Authors:	Christena E. Nippert-Eng
Dimensions:	153 x 228 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	343
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-58146-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Social, group or collective psychology Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour
LSN:	0-226-58146-2
Barcode:	9780226581460

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