Home and Work by Christena E Nippert-Eng
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.
Nippert-Eng, Christena E.: - Christena Nippert-Eng is associate professor of sociology and associate chair of the Department of Social Sciences at the Illinois Institute of Technology. She is the author of Home and Work: Negotiating Boundaries through Everyday Life, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780226581460 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226581462 |
| Title | Home and Work |
| Author | Christena E Nippert-Eng |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 1996-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 343 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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