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Autor:
Christine Jeske
When people cannot find good work, can they still find good lives? By investigating this question in the context of South Africa, where only 43 percent of adults are employed, Christine Jeske invites readers to examine their own assumptions about how
Autor:
Christine Jeske
Publikováno v:
Journal for the Anthropology of North America. 25:54-73
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https://doi.org/10.1002/nad.12172
https://doi.org/10.1002/nad.12172
Autor:
Christine Jeske
Publikováno v:
Economic Anthropology. 7:253-266
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https://doi.org/10.1002/sea2.12175
https://doi.org/10.1002/sea2.12175
Autor:
Christine Jeske
Publikováno v:
The Laziness Myth
This chapter takes a look at the dominant narrative the author calls the laziness myth, exploring the origins and effects of a narrative that tells employers and employees alike that laziness is to blame for unemployment and poverty. It discusses the
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https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501752506.003.0002
https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501752506.003.0002
Autor:
Christine Jeske
Publikováno v:
The Laziness Myth
This chapter introduces a narrative of “hustling” that motivates young people to perform their future hopes and never give up, despite full awareness of the disproportionate challenges they face in society. It defines a hustler as someone who tri
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https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501752506.003.0005
https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501752506.003.0005
Autor:
Christine Jeske
Publikováno v:
The Laziness Myth
This chapter offers closing thoughts that reiterate and summarizes the main points of the book. The chapter explores the ways people make a careful survey of their situation and work out a method to yield growth despite life's contradictions and pres
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https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501752506.003.0008
https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501752506.003.0008
Autor:
Christine Jeske
Publikováno v:
The Laziness Myth
This chapter investigates how people make meaning of their lives in low-wage, low-status jobs, often by distancing themselves and the good life from work by calling themselves “just laborers.” It defines the word “laborer” as someone who is
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https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501752506.003.0006
https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501752506.003.0006
Autor:
Christine Jeske
Publikováno v:
The Laziness Myth
This chapter explores the narrative that people associate strongly with a Zulu identity, but which also resonates beyond South Africa, a moral schema demanding that the good life requires respect for all people. It talks about hierarchies, how it aff
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https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501752506.003.0004
https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501752506.003.0004
Autor:
Christine Jeske
Publikováno v:
The Laziness Myth
This chapter looks at employment from the perspective of employers. It talks about their attempts to improve the lives of workers, and their frustrations that workers don't seem to behave as they want. It says that many employers are concerned about
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https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501752506.003.0003
https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501752506.003.0003
Autor:
Christine Jeske
Publikováno v:
The Laziness Myth
This chapter demonstrates how asking the question “What is the good life?” leads to different knowledge than asking questions like “How can we generate employment?” or “How can we achieve economic growth?” The chapter offers a deeper look
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https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501752506.003.0007
https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501752506.003.0007