The Way We Work: Contemporary Writings from the American Workplace
- 作者:M. C. (EDT),Peter (EDT)/ Boyes,Scheckner
- 出版社:Baker & Taylor Books
- 出版日期:2008-09-22
- 語言:英文
- ISBN10:0826516084
- ISBN13:9780826516084
- 裝訂:精裝 / 18.4 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm / 普通級
Each of the 43 pieces in The Way We Work represents a voice that is idiosyncratic, ironic, or humorous. Alongside such acclaimed writers as Tom Wolfe, Rick Bass, Barbara Garson, Ha Jin, Charles Bowden, Erica Funkhouser, Allan Gurganus, Catherine Anderson, Philip Levine, Edward Conlon, and Mona Simpson, appear the narratives of little-known writers. No other collection of writings about contemporary work in this country showcases the personal accounts of employees from a creative, literary perspective.
These writings address such current issues as the effects of globalization, sexual harassment, racial discrimination, and the weakening of unions, as well as a general sense of worker disengagement in the workplace. Speaking in multiple genres, the men and women whose voices are collected here run the whole gamut of the workplace. From an executive at an office products company to a migrant fruit picker to a stripper to a doctor to a cleaner of garbage trucks, The Way We Work captures, with passion and honesty, the experiences of a myriad of workers.