{"product_id":"daily-labors-marketing-identity-and-bodies-on-a-new-york-city-street-corner-hardback-9781439917428","title":"Daily Labors; Marketing Identity and Bodies on a New York City Street Corner (Hardback) 9781439917428","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDaily Labors\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMarketing Identity and Bodies on a New York City Street Corner\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCarolyn Pinedo-Turnovsky (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781439917428\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 March 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e238 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.418 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This ethnographic study of a community of day laborers who sought work at an intersection in Brooklyn, New York, deepens our understanding of not only how the labor market for this important, precarious form of employment functions but also how-despite the constraints produced by hierarchies created on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, immigration, and legality-workers maintain a sense of dignity and agency. By so doing, Pinedo-Turnovsky’s study enhances our knowledge of how structural conditions affect individuals’ interactions.\"\u003c\/i\u003e-\u003cb\u003eArne L. Kalleberg\u003c\/b\u003e, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of \u003ci\u003ePrecarious Lives: Job Insecurity and Well-Being in Rich Democracies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“A formidable account of the lives of day laborers in early twenty-first-century New York City, \u003c\/i\u003eDaily Labors\u003ci\u003e makes an important contribution to the literature on migration and urban studies. Pinedo-Turnovsky’s book is a uniquely valuable resource for scholars and students of the ethnography of contemporary work and labor\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e”\u003c\/i\u003e-\u003cb\u003eImmanuel Ness\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor of Political Science, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, and author of \u003ci\u003eSouthern Insurgency: The Coming of the Global Working Class\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn street corners throughout the country, men stand or sit together patiently while they wait for someone looking to hire \u003ci\u003eun buen trabajador\u003c\/i\u003e (a good worker). These day laborers are visible symbols of the changing nature of work-and the demographics of workers-in the United States. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarolyn Pinedo-Turnovsky spent nearly three years visiting with African American men and Latino immigrant men who looked for work as day laborers at a Brooklyn street intersection. Her fascinating ethnography, \u003ci\u003eDaily Labors,\u003c\/i\u003e considers these immigrants and citizens as active participants in their social and economic life. They not only work for wages but also labor daily to institute change, create knowledge, and contribute new meanings to shape their social world. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Labor\u003c\/i\u003es reveals how ideologies about race, gender, nation, and legal status operate on the corner and the vulnerabilities, discrimination, and exploitation workers face in this labor market. Pinedo-Turnovsky shows how workers market themselves to conform to employers’ preconceptions of a “good worker” and how this performance paradoxically leads to a more precarious workplace experience. Ultimately, she sheds light on belonging, community, and what a “good day laborer” for these workers really is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52586873159960,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/daily-labors-marketing-identity-and-bodies-on-a-new-york-city-street-corner-hardback-9781439917428","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}