Planet Work: Rethinking Labor and Leisure in the Anthropocene

By: Ryan Hediger and David Rodland and Ted Geier and Sinan Akilli and Daniel Clausen and James Armstrong and Matt Wanat and Amanda Adams and Jennifer K. Ladino and Will Elliot and Kevin Maier and Jo Rey and Sharon O'Dair

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Synopsis: Labor and labor norms orient much of contemporary life, organizing our days and years and driving planetary environmental change. Yet, labor, as a foundational set of values and practices, has not been sufficiently interrogated in the context of the environmental humanities for its profound role in climate change and other crises. This collection of essays demonstrates the urgent need to rethink models and customs of labor and leisure in the Anthropocene. Recognizing the grave traumas and hazards plaguing planet Earth, contributors expose fundamental flaws in ideas of work and search for ways to redirect cultures toward more sustainable modes of life. These essays evaluate Anthropocene frames of interpretation, dramatize problems and potentials in regimes of labor, and explore leisure practices such as walking and storytelling as modes of recasting life, while a coda advocates reviving notions of work as craft.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 284 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781684484607
Related ISBNs:: 9781684484591, 9781684484584
Publisher:: Bucknell University Press
Date of Addition:: 12/09/22
Copyrighted By:: Bucknell University Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Science, Literature and Fiction, Outdoors and Nature, Business and Finance, Technology, Social Studies, Language Arts, Earth Sciences
Grade Levels:: College Freshman
Reading Age:: 18 and up
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Ryan Hediger