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Author: Harry Pettit
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Imprint: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9781503637443
ISBN 10: 1503637441
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 14 November 2023
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"""There is no doubt that Harry Pettit has the gift of ethnographic presentation. The Labor of Hope is an important, original, and truly laudable addition to the emerging literature on contemporary labor in Egypt.""—Nefissa Naguib, University of Oslo, author of Nurturing Masculinities ""The Labor of Hope is an amazing ethnography of capitalist dreams that motivate Egyptians of modest means to strive for success—a success largely denied by inequalities that push people towards precarious service work. Harry Pettit reveals what happens when you're inspired to be the next Steve Jobs, but the labor market wants you for the call center.""—Samuli Schielke, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient,author ofMigrant Dreams ""The Labor of Hope brings into sharp focus the emotive work undertaken by slipping middle classes as they endure the many indignities and compromised life-trajectories of a polarized labor market. Harry Pettit offers a penetrating analysis of the affective labor that underpins contemporary capitalism marked by steepening inequalities.""—Bruce O'Neill, Saint Louis University, author of The Space of Boredom ""There is no doubt that Harry Pettit has the gift of ethnographic presentation. The Labor of Hope is an important, original, and truly laudable addition to the emerging literature on contemporary labor in Egypt.""—Nefissa Naguib, University of Oslo, author of Nurturing Masculinities ""The Labor of Hope is an amazing ethnography of capitalist dreams that motivate Egyptians of modest means to strive for success—a success largely denied by inequalities that push people towards precarious service work. Harry Pettit reveals what happens when you're inspired to be the next Steve Jobs, but the labor market wants you for the call center.""—Samuli Schielke, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient,author ofMigrant Dreams ""The Labor of Hope brings into sharp focus the emotive work undertaken by slipping middle classes as they endure the many indignities and compromised life-trajectories of a polarized labor market. Harry Pettit offers a penetrating analysis of the affective labor that underpins contemporary capitalism marked by steepening inequalities.""—Bruce O'Neill, Saint Louis University, author of The Space of Boredom"
Author Information
Harry Pettit is Assistant Professor in Economic Geography at Radboud University Nijmegen.
