{"product_id":"out-of-sync-38-out-of-work-history-and-the-obsolescence-of-labor-in-contemporary-culture-paperback-softback-9780813597119","title":"Out of Sync \u0026#38; Out of Work; History and the Obsolescence of Labor in Contemporary Culture (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813597119","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOut of Sync \u0026amp; Out of Work\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHistory and the Obsolescence of Labor in Contemporary Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoel Burges (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813597119\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 27 June 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e214 pages, 5 color, 25 b-w\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.313 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\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"A compelling account of an economic system that has proven itself more and more willing to allow workers to 'fall into history' by rendering their labor obsolete, the book masterfully illuminates the present and its prehistory. More than this, however, it is a persuasive and vivid manifesto for the work culture itself does, one that revivifies our sense that the labor of the cultural critic, at least, is more urgent than ever.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Annie J. McClanahan, author of Dead Pledges: Debt, Crisis, and 21st Century Culture\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/Weekly-Book-List-August-3\/244078\"'\u003e\"Chronicle of Higher Education weekly book list,\" by Nina C. Ayoub\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e— Chronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/pr\/Review\/V81N1\/0901_books.html\"'\u003e\"Books Recordings\" mention of \u003ci\u003eOut of Sync and Out of Work\u003c\/i\u003e in \u003ci\u003eRochester Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e— Rochester Review\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eOut of Sync Out of Work\u003c\/i\u003e is original, engrossing, remarkably timely, and consistently characterized by careful scholarship and convincing readings. It is a masterful work that demonstrates the power of contemporary cultural forms to reactivate readers' sense of history as a political medium.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Heather Hicks, author of The Culture of Soft Work: Labor, Gender, and Race in Postmodern American Narrative\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\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 \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eOut of Sync \u0026amp; Out of Work\u003c\/i\u003e explores the representation of obsolescence, particularly of labor, in film and literature during a historical moment in which automation has intensified in capitalist economies. Joel Burges analyzes texts such as \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Hugo Cabret\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWreck-It Ralph\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFantastic Mr. Fox\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIron Council\u003c\/i\u003e, and examines their \"means\" of production. Those means include a range of subjects and narrative techniques, including the \"residual means\" of including classic film stills in a text, the \"obstinate means\" of depicting machine breaking, the \"dated means\" of employing the largely defunct technique of stop-motion animation, and the \"obsolete\" means of celebrating a labor strike. In every case, the novels and films that Burges scrutinizes call on these means to activate the reader's\/viewer's awareness of historical time. \u003ci\u003eOut of Sync \u0026amp; Out of Work\u003c\/i\u003e advances its readers' grasp of the complexities of historical time in contemporary culture, moving the study of temporality forward in film and media studies, literary studies, critical theory, and cultural critique.\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIntroduction: Falling into History\u003cbr\u003e 1 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eCulture by Outmoded Means\u003cbr\u003e 2 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eReading by Residual Means\u003cbr\u003e 3 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eNarrative by Obstinate Means\u003cbr\u003e 4 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eCinema by Dated Means\u003cbr\u003e 5 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003ePolitics by Obsolete Means\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\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":52563729580312,"sku":"9780813597119","price":33.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/out-of-sync-38-out-of-work-history-and-the-obsolescence-of-labor-in-contemporary-culture-paperback-softback-9780813597119","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}