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A World of Work : Imagined Manuals for Real Jobs.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (246 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801456428
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A World of WorkDDC classification:
  • 331.7
LOC classification:
  • GN448
Online resources:
Contents:
A WORLD OF WORK -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Letter to a Young Malawian Doctor -- 2. What You Need to Know to Be a Fish Farmer in West Norway -- 3. How to Be a Magician in Paris -- 4. Being a Village Court Magistrate in Papua New Guinea -- 5. The Chaplain: Being a Physician of the Soul in a Secular Age -- 6. Being a Crime Scene Technician in Sweden -- 7. Playing Piano without a Piano in Bolivia -- 8. Making Do in Perpetual Crisis: How to Be a Journalist in Buryatia -- 9. How to Be a Professional Organizer in the United States -- 10. The Character in Question: How to Design Film Costumes in India -- 11. Reflections from a Life on the Line: How to Be a Factory Worker -- 12. How to Be a Cell Phone Repair Technician -- 13. Becoming a Professional Wrestler in Mexico City -- 14. The Pains and Peaks of Being a Ballerina in London -- Afterword -- List of Contributors.
Summary: Ever wonder what it would be like to be a Parisian street magician? A fish farmer in Norway? A costume designer in Bollywood? This playful and accessible book looks at different types of work around the world.
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A WORLD OF WORK -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Letter to a Young Malawian Doctor -- 2. What You Need to Know to Be a Fish Farmer in West Norway -- 3. How to Be a Magician in Paris -- 4. Being a Village Court Magistrate in Papua New Guinea -- 5. The Chaplain: Being a Physician of the Soul in a Secular Age -- 6. Being a Crime Scene Technician in Sweden -- 7. Playing Piano without a Piano in Bolivia -- 8. Making Do in Perpetual Crisis: How to Be a Journalist in Buryatia -- 9. How to Be a Professional Organizer in the United States -- 10. The Character in Question: How to Design Film Costumes in India -- 11. Reflections from a Life on the Line: How to Be a Factory Worker -- 12. How to Be a Cell Phone Repair Technician -- 13. Becoming a Professional Wrestler in Mexico City -- 14. The Pains and Peaks of Being a Ballerina in London -- Afterword -- List of Contributors.

Ever wonder what it would be like to be a Parisian street magician? A fish farmer in Norway? A costume designer in Bollywood? This playful and accessible book looks at different types of work around the world.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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