Vibes As Value : Young Workers and Affective Labour in the Service Economy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farrugia, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hospitality industry.

Service industries workers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2026.

Summary:

Vibes as value explores the relationship between subjectivity, labour and value in the hospitality industry. It develops an approach to hospitality work as a form of affective labour that produces value in the form of 'vibes', showing how youth, gender, sexuality, race and social class are embodied and made productive in the service economy.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Figures

Introduction: Labour, identity, and value: young hospitality workers

Hospitality as affective labour: vibes as a product of work

Vibes as value: youthful labour in the hospitality industry

Subjects of value: gender, sexuality, desire, and 'diversity'

Creating vibes while anticipating risk: gendered violence in hospitality

Class, taste, and the politics of gentrification

Conclusion: labour, life, and the politics of affect in hospitality

References

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5261-8730-2

1-5261-8732-9

9781526187307

OCLC:

1584463182