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Aggretsuko, the hit Netflix show in production for season three,
stars Retsuko the Red Panda, a young office worker stuck in a
thankless job, whose only stress release is singing heavy metal at
the local karaoke joint. In this volume, collecting issues 4-6 of
the hit comic series, find out what happens when a workaholic has
to take a break - - literally?! And when the entire office is
forced into an inter-office sports competition, who will get the
gold?!
This book examines the travel and tourism industry in the United
States which are critical to the American economy. This growing
industry offers significant potential for job creation across all
regions of the country. Federal policies on matters ranging from
national security to transportation and from trade to natural
resources management affect travel and tourism, and its potential
for growth. In a global economy, a range of businesses depend on
travel and tourism policies to enable clients, customers, and
colleagues to conduct business in the United States. In addition,
ensuring that international visitors have a positive experience in
America is an essential component of our public diplomacy and U.S.
foreign policy.
Popular discussions of professional women often dwell on the
conflicts faced by the woman who attempts to ""have it all"",
raising children while climbing up the corporate ladder. Yet for
all the articles and books written on this subject, there has been
little work that focuses on the experience of African American
professional women or asks how their perspectives on work-family
balance might be unique. Raising the Race is the first scholarly
book to examine how black, married career women juggle their
relationships with their extended and nuclear families, the
expectations of the black community, and their desires to raise
healthy, independent children. Drawing from extensive interviews
with twenty-three Atlanta-based professional women who left or
modified careers as attorneys, physicians, executives, and
administrators, anthropologist Riche J. Daniel Barnes found that
their decisions were deeply rooted in an awareness of black women's
historical struggles. Departing from the possessive individualistic
discourse of ""having it all"", the women profiled here think
beyond their own situation - considering ways their decisions might
help the entire black community. Giving a voice to women whose
perspectives have been underrepresented in debates about
work-family balance, Barnes's profiles enable us to perceive these
women as fully fledged individuals, each with her own concerns and
priorities. Yet Barnes is also able to locate many common themes
from these black women's experiences, and uses them to propose
policy initiatives that would improve the work and family lives of
all Americans.
Popular discussions of professional women often dwell on the
conflicts faced by the woman who attempts to ""have it all"",
raising children while climbing up the corporate ladder. Yet for
all the articles and books written on this subject, there has been
little work that focuses on the experience of African American
professional women or asks how their perspectives on work-family
balance might be unique. Raising the Race is the first scholarly
book to examine how black, married career women juggle their
relationships with their extended and nuclear families, the
expectations of the black community, and their desires to raise
healthy, independent children. Drawing from extensive interviews
with twenty-three Atlanta-based professional women who left or
modified careers as attorneys, physicians, executives, and
administrators, anthropologist Riche J. Daniel Barnes found that
their decisions were deeply rooted in an awareness of black women's
historical struggles. Departing from the possessive individualistic
discourse of ""having it all"", the women profiled here think
beyond their own situation - considering ways their decisions might
help the entire black community. Giving a voice to women whose
perspectives have been underrepresented in debates about
work-family balance, Barnes's profiles enable us to perceive these
women as fully fledged individuals, each with her own concerns and
priorities. Yet Barnes is also able to locate many common themes
from these black women's experiences, and uses them to propose
policy initiatives that would improve the work and family lives of
all Americans.
This collection explores the dynamics of the modern, middle-class
American family and its near-constant state of transition. The
editors introduce the book by situating it within the context of
work, family, and ethnographic research on middle-class families in
the United States. Emerging and established scholars contributed
chapters based on their original field research, following each
chapter with a personal reflection on doing field work. The volume
concludes with an original essay by Kathryn Dudley, an
anthropologist who has spent decades studying the intersections of
work, family, and class in American culture. As a whole, the volume
highlights how culture shapes family life amid shifting social and
economic landscapes. The authors, working in the fields of
anthropology and sociology, observed daily life at workplaces and
in homes, interviewing people about their work, their children, and
their ideas about what makes a good family. They report on their
fieldwork in essays rich with the detail of everyday life,
revealing the fascinating diversity of American middle-class
families through chapters about gay co-father families, African
American stay-at-home mothers, first-time fathers, rural refugees
from corporate America, well-off white mothers, Taiwanese immigrant
churches, the fetal ultrasound, and more. The Changing Landscape of
Work and Family in the American Middle Class is an excellent text
for classes in anthropology, sociology, American culture, family
studies, work and family, and gender studies.
This collection explores the dynamics of the modern, middle-class
American family and its near-constant state of transition. The
editors introduce the book by situating it within the context of
work, family, and ethnographic research on middle-class families in
the United States. Emerging and established scholars contributed
chapters based on their original field research, following each
chapter with a personal reflection on doing field work. The volume
concludes with an original essay by Kathryn Dudley, an
anthropologist who has spent decades studying the intersections of
work, family, and class in American culture. As a whole, the volume
highlights how culture shapes family life amid shifting social and
economic landscapes. The authors, working in the fields of
anthropology and sociology, observed daily life at workplaces and
in homes, interviewing people about their work, their children, and
their ideas about what makes a good family. They report on their
fieldwork in essays rich with the detail of everyday life,
revealing the fascinating diversity of American middle-class
families through chapters about gay co-father families, African
American stay-at-home mothers, first-time fathers, rural refugees
from corporate America, well-off white mothers, Taiwanese immigrant
churches, the fetal ultrasound, and more. The Changing Landscape of
Work and Family in the American Middle Class is an excellent text
for classes in anthropology, sociology, American culture, family
studies, work and family, and gender studies.
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