Through a series of case studies of low-status interactive and embodied
servicing work, Working Bodies examines the theoretical and empirical
nature of the shift to embodied work in service-dominated economies.
- Defines 'body work' to include the work by service sector employees on
their own bodies and on the bodies of others
- Sets UK case studies in the context of global patterns of economic
change
- Explores the consequences of growing polarization in the service
sector
- Draws on geography, sociology, anthropology, labour market studies,
and feminist scholarship