The laziness myth : narratives of work and the good life in South Africa / Christine Jeske.
2020
HD4905.3.S6 J47 2020
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The laziness myth : narratives of work and the good life in South Africa / Christine Jeske.
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Jeske, Christine, author.
ISBN
9781501752520 (electronic book)
1501752529 (electronic book)
9781501752537 (electronic book)
1501752537 (electronic book)
9781501752506
9781501752513
1501752529 (electronic book)
9781501752537 (electronic book)
1501752537 (electronic book)
9781501752506
9781501752513
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Ithaca [New York] : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2020.
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©2020
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English
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HD4905.3.S6 J47 2020
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306.3/6130968
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
"We want to live a good life" : Introduction
"They don't want to work": The Laziness Myth
"You can't understand it" : Employers' Perspectives of the Unemployed
"I need to respect that person and that person needs to respect me" : The Respect Narrative
"Hustling is when you try to make a good life" : The Hustling Narrative
"I'm just a laborer" : The Laborer Narrative
"I have a good story" : Possibilities
"Despite the contradictions" : Closing Thoughts.
"They don't want to work": The Laziness Myth
"You can't understand it" : Employers' Perspectives of the Unemployed
"I need to respect that person and that person needs to respect me" : The Respect Narrative
"Hustling is when you try to make a good life" : The Hustling Narrative
"I'm just a laborer" : The Laborer Narrative
"I have a good story" : Possibilities
"Despite the contradictions" : Closing Thoughts.