{"product_id":"job-loss-identity-and-mental-health-paperback-softback-9780813573830","title":"Job Loss, Identity, and Mental Health (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813573830","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJob Loss, Identity, and Mental Health\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDawn R. Norris (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813573830\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 June 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e202 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm, 0.286 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\"This book offers a poignant assessment of the social-psychological consequences of unemployment. Using longitudinal in-depth interviews, Norris shows the profound costs of unemployment for middle-class workers. She also thoughtfully illuminates the importance of gender in the experience of joblessness. Recommended!\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Annette Lareau (Stanley I. Sheerr Professor, University of Pennsylvania) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Norris’s work is an accessible and engaging exploration of the effects that involuntary job loss has on people’s identities and their psychological health. Both informative and comprehensive, \u003ci\u003eJob Loss, Identity, and Mental Health \u003c\/i\u003eis a well written and very worthwhile book.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Tim Strangleman (professor of sociology, University of Kent, UK) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Norris’ book is a theoretically rich, well-written, and well-researched addition to the sociological study of employment and health\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Jeremy Staff, Department of Sociology and Criminology, Pennsylvania State University (SAGE Publications - Work and Occupations) \u003cdiv\u003e\"A theoretically rich, well-written, and well-researched addition to the sociological study of employment and health.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Work and Occupations)\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\u003cdiv\u003eOur jobs are often a big part of our identities, and when we are fired, we can feel confused, hurt, and powerless-at sea in terms of who we are. Drawing on extensive, real-life interviews, \u003ci\u003eJob Loss, Identity, and Mental Health\u003c\/i\u003e shines a light on the experiences of unemployed, middle-class professional men and women, showing how job loss can affect both identity and mental health.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSociologist Dawn R. Norris uses in-depth interviews to offer insight into the experience of losing a job-what it means for daily life, how the unemployed feel about it, and the process they go through as they try to deal with job loss and their new identities as unemployed people. Norris highlights several specific challenges to identity that can occur. For instance, the way other people interact with the unemployed either helps them feel sure about who they are, or leads them to question their identities. Another identity threat happens when the unemployed no longer feel they are the same person they used to be. Norris also examines the importance of the subjective meaning people give to statuses, along with the strong influence of society’s expectations. For example, men in Norris’s study often used the stereotype of the “male breadwinner” to define who they were. \u003ci\u003eJob Loss, Identity, and Mental Health\u003c\/i\u003e describes various strategies to cope with identity loss, including “shifting” away from a work-related identity and instead emphasizing a nonwork identity (such as “a parent”), or conversely “sustaining” a work-related identity even though he or she is actually unemployed. Finally, Norris explores the social factors-often out of the control of unemployed people-that make these strategies possible or impossible.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA compelling portrait of a little-studied aspect of the Great Recession, \u003ci\u003eJob Loss, Identity, and Mental Health\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with insight into the identity crises that unemployment can trigger, as well as strategies to help the unemployed maintain their mental strength.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1          Introduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2          Why Identity?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3          “\u003cbr\u003eThat’\u003cbr\u003es Not the Way We Do It at Gentay”\u003cbr\u003e: Feedback Mismatches\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4          “\u003cbr\u003eI Wasn’\u003cbr\u003et the Same Person”\u003cbr\u003e: Time Mismatches\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5          “\u003cbr\u003eMe Caveman . . . I Club Deer”\u003cbr\u003e: Status Mismatches\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6          “\u003cbr\u003eOn the Mommy Track”\u003cbr\u003e: Shifting\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7          “\u003cbr\u003eIt Was Like I Was Still Working”\u003cbr\u003e: Sustaining\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8          “\u003cbr\u003eLike You’\u003cbr\u003ere Dead and Nobody Told You”\u003cbr\u003e: Identity Void\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9          Conclusion\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAppendix A: Methodology\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAppendix B: Additional Considerations\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNotes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eReferences\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIndex\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559353086232,"sku":"9780813573830","price":23.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/job-loss-identity-and-mental-health-paperback-softback-9780813573830","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}