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Intimate Economies : Bodies, Emotions, and Sexualities on the Global Market.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US, (c)2017.Description: 1 online resource (282 pages)Content type:
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781137560360
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • H1-970 .I585 2017
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Acknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction: Global Intimate Economies: Discontents and€Debates; Gifts and€Commodities; Discontents with€Commercial Intimacy Spelled Out; Globalized Intimate Labor a€Commodity?; Bodies as€Commodities; The Value of€Living Matter; Intimate Labor and€Alienation; Intimate Economies and€Economic Justice; Structure of€the€Book; Notes; Bibliography; Part I: Commodifying Affects, Emotions and Selves; Chapter 2: The "Authentic Cybertariat"? Commodifying Feeling, Accents, and€Cultural Identities in€the€Global South; Introduction.

The Cybertariat and€the€Absent-Present BodyEmotional Labor and€Commercialization of€Human Feeling; "Authenticity Work" and€Commodification of€Identity; Racialization and€Aesthetic Labor; Methodology; The Alien and€the€Familiar: The€Paradox of€the€Call Center; Image Management and€Cultural Immersion; Performativity and€Imaginaries of€the€"Western Worker"; Emotional Labor and€Regulation of€Feeling on€the€Shop Floor; Conclusion; Note; Bibliography; Chapter 3: Regulating Sexy Subjects: The€Case of€Brazilian Fashion Retail and€Its Affective Workforce; Introduction.

Commodities, Desires and€DiversitySelf-commodification and€Affective Labor; Limited Freedom, New Controls; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 4: Emotional Labor and€Ethical Practice: Professionalism Among Sex Workers in€Tijuana; Introduction; Sex Work and€Emotional Labor; Selling the€"Girlfriend Experience" or Onda Novia; Sex Work, Emotion Management and€Capitalism; Managing Negative Emotions; Achieving Calmness; Dealing with€Abusive Behavior; Emotional Labor and€Estrangement; Emotion Management, Professionalism and€Sex Work Ethics; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography.

Part II: Sexualized Bodies on the MarketChapter 5: A Feast of€Men: Sexuality, Kinship and€Predation in€the€Practices of€Female Prostitution in€Downtown Porto Alegre; Introduction; A "Programa" Is Not Sex; On the€Path of€Belligerent Prostitution; Going Out to€Eat: The€Risk of€Practice; (In)Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 6: Neoliberalism, Oil Wealth and€Migrant Sex Work in€the€Chadian City of€N'Djamena; Introduction; Neoliberalism and€the€Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Development Project; Structural and€Family Causes for€Women's Migration; Selling Sex in€N'Djamena.

Strategies of€Adaptation to€the€Market: A€Form of€Agency?Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 7: The Use of€"Life-enabling" Practices Among Waria: Vulnerability, Subsistence, and€Identity in€Contemporary Yogyakarta; Introduction; Waria Livelihoods: Strategies of€Subsistence in€the€Post-Suharto Era; "But We€Don't Have Money, Do You€Want to€Pay for€us?" Strategies and€Interpretations of€Silicone Injections and€Hormone Intake Among Waria; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Part III: Global Reproductive Commerce; Chapter 8: Gestational Labors: Care Politics and€Surrogates' Struggle.

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