Being and Well-Being - Health and the Working Bodies of Silicon Valley

Zusatztext "A fascinating and timely exploration of the interweaving of work, health, and aging in Silicon Valley at the turn of the 21st century. English-Lueck approaches the anthropology of work from the typically neglected but critical perspective of the bodies of workers. The book is informed and insightful." Informationen zum Autor J.A. English-Lueck is an anthropologist at San Jose State University and a Research Affiliate at the Institute for the Future. She coauthored Busier Than Ever! Why American Families Can't Slow Down (Stanford University Press, 2007), with C.N. Darrah and J.M. Freeman, and authored Cultures@SiliconValley (Stanford University Press, 2002), winner of the 2006 Diana Forsythe Prize. Klappentext This book tells the stories of the workers, the young people who will be future workers, and retired people who feel capitalism in their very bodies, as they work to define what it means to be healthy in America. Zusammenfassung This book tells the stories of the workers, the young people who will be future workers, and retired people who feel capitalism in their very bodies, as they work to define what it means to be healthy in America.

Product details

• Authors: J a English-Lueck, J. English-Lueck, J. A. English-Lueck, J. A. (June Anne) English-Lueck, J.a. English-Lueck, English-Lueck J. a.
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.09.2010
• EAN: 9780804771573
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-7157-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology