A World of Work: Imagined Manuals for Real Jobs by Jean Lave (English) Paperback

Description: A World of Work by Jean Lave, Ilana M. Gershon 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Ever wondered what it would be like to be a street magician in Paris? A fish farmer in Norway? A costume designer in Bollywood? This playful and accessible look at different types of work around the world delivers a wealth of information and advice about a wide array of jobs and professions. The value of this book is twofold: For young people or middle-aged people who are undecided about their career paths and feel constrained in their choices, A World of Work offers an expansive vision. For ethnographers, this book offers an excellent example of using the practical details of everyday life to shed light on larger structural issues. Each chapter in this collection of ethnographic fiction could be considered a job manual. Yet not any typical job manual-to do justice to the ways details about jobs are conveyed in culturally specific ways, the authors adopt a range of voices and perspectives. One chapter is written as though it was a letter from an older sister counseling her brother on how to be a doctor in Malawi. Another is framed as a eulogy for a well-loved village magistrate in Papua New Guinea who may have been killed by sorcery.Beneath the novelty of the examples are some serious messages that Ilana Gershon highlights in her introduction. These ethnographies reveal the connection between work and culture, the impact of societal values on the conditions of employment. Readers will be surprised at how much they can learn about an entire culture by being given the chance to understand just one occupation. Contributors: Lovleen Bains, Mumbai; Chiwoza Bandawe, University of Malawi; Joshua A. Bell, Smithsonian Institution; Michelle Bigenho, Colgate University; Warren Chamberlain, Vita Needle Company, Massachusetts; Melissa Demian, Australian National University; Ilana Gershon, Indiana University; Kathryn Graber, Indiana University; Graham M.Jones, MIT; Amanda Kemble, University of Michigan; Briel Kobak, University of Chicago; Corinna Kruse, Linkoping University, Sweden; Joel Kuipers, The George Washington University; Carrie Lane, California State University, Fullerton; Jean Lave, University of California, Berkeley; John Law, Open University; Heather Levi, Temple University; Marianne Elisabeth Lien, University of Oslo; Caitrin Lynch, Olin College; Loic Marquet, Paris; Winnifred Fallers Sullivan, Indiana University; Chris Swift, Leeds Teaching Hospitals; Claire Wendland, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Clare Wilkinson-Weber, Washington State University Vancouver; Helena Wulff, Stockholm University Author Biography Ilana Gershon is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University. She is the author of The Breakup 2.0: Disconnecting over New Media and No Family Is an Island: Cultural Expertise among Samoans in Diaspora and editor of A World of Work: Imagined Manuals for Real Jobs, all from Cornell. Jean Lave is Professor of Education and Geography at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Cognition in Practice, coauthor of Understanding Practice and Situated Learning, and coeditor of History in Person. Table of Contents Introduction by Ilana Gershon 1. Letter to a Young Malawian Doctor by Claire Wendland and Chiwoza Bandawe 2. What You Need to Know to Be a Fish Farmer in West Norway by Marianne Elisabeth Lien and John Law 3. How to Be a Magician in Paris by Graham M. Jones with Loic Marquet 4. Being a Village Court Magistrate in Papua New Guinea by Melissa Demian 5. The Chaplain: Being a Physician of the Soul in a Secular Age by Winnifred Fallers Sullivan and Christopher Swift 6. Being a Crime Scene Technician in Sweden by Corinna Kruse 7. Playing Piano without a Piano in Bolivia by Michelle Bigenho 8. Making Do in Perpetual Crisis: How to Be a Journalist in Buryatia by Kathryn E. Graber 9. How to Be a Professional Organizer in the United States by Carrie M. Lane 10. The Character in Question: How to Design Film Costumes in India by Lovleen Bains and Clare Wilkinson 11. Reflections from a Life on the Line: How to Be a Factory Worker by Caitrin Lynch and Warren Chamberlain 12. How to Be a Cell Phone Repair Technician by Amanda Kemble, Briel Kobak, Joshua A. Bell, and Joel Kuipers 13. Becoming a Professional Wrestler in Mexico City by Heather Levi 14. The Pains and Peaks of Being a Ballerina in London by Helena Wulff Afterword by Jean Lave List of Contributors Index Review "I read with real pleasure and enjoyment this imaginative collection of essays produced mostly by established anthropologists, and a few others who are practitioners of their crafts, on a quirky diversity of jobs. Charmingly, Ilana Gershon offers this collection as a graduation gift to my students, a bouquet of possibilities so that you can start thinking in concrete detail about what you need to know to do many different kinds of unusual jobs. A very valuable gift indeed for the sorts of job markets that a highly cosmopolitan and ethnically diverse college student body faces today. I was charmed by its imaginative and readable format, and A World of Work is also quite a deep collection on the nature of work in a number of specializations. It is for anyone who enjoys the drama, humor, and achievement of applying learned skills in everyday life."-George E. Marcus, Director of the Center for Ethnography, University of California, Irvine, coauthor of Designs for an Anthropology of the Contemporary "This delightful book takes the reader into the everyday work lives of people all over the world. What is it like to be doctor in Malawi, a magician in Paris, a crime scene investigator in Sweden? Each chapter is unexpected and engaging. Youll discover your own work and cultural underpinnings by experiencing how different life is for others. This is the most interesting and entertaining job-oriented book Ive read in a long time."-Nicholas Lore, bestselling author of The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success Prizes Winner of Honorable mention, Society for the Anthropology of Work Book Prize (SAW Prize) 2017 Long Description Ever wondered what it would be like to be a street magician in Paris? A fish farmer in Norway? A costume designer in Bollywood? This playful and accessible look at different types of work around the world delivers a wealth of information and advice about a wide array of jobs and professions. The value of this book is twofold: For young people or middle-aged people who are undecided about their career paths and feel constrained in their choices, A World of Work offers an expansive vision. For ethnographers, this book offers an excellent example of using the practical details of everyday life to shed light on larger structural issues. Each chapter in this collection of ethnographic fiction could be considered a job manual. Yet not any typical job manual--to do justice to the ways details about jobs are conveyed in culturally specific ways, the authors adopt a range of voices and perspectives. One chapter is written as though it was a letter from an older sister counseling her brother on how to be a doctor in Malawi. Another is framed as a eulogy for a well-loved village magistrate in Papua New Guinea who may have been killed by sorcery. Beneath the novelty of the examples are some serious messages that Ilana Gershon highlights in her introduction. These ethnographies reveal the connection between work and culture, the impact of societal values on the conditions of employment. Readers will be surprised at how much they can learn about an entire culture by being given the chance to understand just one occupation. Review Quote "This delightful book takes the reader into the everyday work lives of people all over the world. What is it like to be doctor in Malawi, a magician in Paris, a crime scene investigator in Sweden? Each chapter is unexpected and engaging. Youll discover your own work and cultural underpinnings by experiencing how different life is for others. This is the most interesting and entertaining job-oriented book Ive read in a long time."-Nicholas Lore, bestselling author of T he Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success Details ISBN0801456851 Pages 248 Publisher Cornell University Press Year 2015 ISBN-10 0801456851 ISBN-13 9780801456855 Format Paperback Subtitle Imagined Manuals for Real Jobs Country of Publication United States DEWEY 306.36 Short Title WORLD OF WORK Language English Media Book Publication Date 2015-06-05 Illustrations 12 Halftones, black and white Affiliation Indiana University Bloomington Position Associate Professor UK Release Date 2015-06-05 Imprint Cornell University Press Place of Publication Ithaca AU Release Date 2015-06-05 NZ Release Date 2015-06-05 US Release Date 2015-06-05 Audience Age 18 Author Ilana M. Gershon Alternative 9780801453939 Audience Undergraduate Edited by Ilana M. Gershon We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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