Vibes as value: Young workers and affective labour in the service economy [9781526187314]

Overview

Vibes as value explores the relationship between subjectivity, labour and value in the hospitality industry, and thereby how youth, gender, sexuality, race and social class are embodied and made productive in the service economy. It shows that the key product of hospitality labour is ‘vibes’, or moments of enjoyment and relationality co-produced through exploitative relationships amongst workers and consumers. In the process, the book theorises hospitality as a form of affective labour organised through the normative and structural relations of precarious service work. It shows how identity construction produces value within the highly unequal social terrain of the service economy, and how hospitality labour enacts hierarchies of value extending far beyond the limits of the industry itself.

The book, Vibes as value: Young workers and affective labour in the service economy [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9781526187314 in Hardcover by David Farrugia, Julia Coffey, Steven Threadgold, Megan Sharp, Lena Molnar may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.