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The Social Meaning of Extra Money: Capitalism and the Commodification of Domestic and Leisure Activities (Dynamics of Virtual Work)

The Social Meaning of Extra Money: Capitalism and the Commodification of Domestic and Leisure Activities (Dynamics of Virtual Work)

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Publication Date: September 16th, 2019
Publisher:
Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN:
9783030182960
Pages:
284
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Description

1. Introduction: The Marketization of Everyday Life; Anne Jourdain and Sidonie NaulinPart 1: Pin Money2. Commodifying Leisure and Improving Its Social Value: Knitters' Conspicuous Production on Ravelry.com; Vinciane Zabban3. Making Money Out of Leisure: The Marketization of Handicrafts and Food Blogging; Anne Jourdain and Sidonie Naulin4. Selling Second-Hand Items on the Web: New Skills for Everyone?; Adrien Bailly, Renaud Garcia-Bardidia and Coralie LallemandPart 2: Savings5. Comorian Women at Work: Juggling Insecure Jobs with the Transnational Suitcase Trade; Abdoul-Malik Ahmad6. Domesticity as Value: The Commodification of Foodstuffs in Precarious Rural Russia; Glenn Mainguy7. Nonstandard Working Hours and Economic Use of Free Time in the Upper Class: The Gender Gap; Anne LambertPart 3: Low Labor Income8. Performing Amateurism: A Study of Camgirls' Work; Pierre Brasseur and Jean Finez9. Making Money from TV Series: From Viewer to Webmaster with Financial Rewards; Anne-Sophie B liardHaving or Blurring It All? Capitalism's Work at the Frontier.

About the Author

Sidonie Naulin is Associate Professor of Sociology at Sciences Po Grenoble and Researcher at PACTE, France.Anne Jourdain is Associate Professor of Sociology at Paris-Dauphine University and Researcher at IRISSO, France.