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Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power
Maybe someday
47
/100
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Readers
77/100Critics
17/100Scholars
Author:
Rose Hackman
Publisher:
Flatiron Books
Date:
March 28, 2023
A deeply-researched foray into the invisible, uncompensated work women perform every day.
What The Reviewers Say
Hackman goes back in history to show the evolution of emotional labor and how it became the province mostly of women. She includes interviews with a wide selection of emotional-labor suppliers, from stressed moms to sex workers..
As she critiques the neoliberalism that has given rise to an economic system built on invisible exploitation, Hackman issues a clarion call to rethink the true relationship between empathy and power.
Expertly blending case studies and statistics, this is a profound call for reorienting 'our fundamental value systems.'.
