Dangerously Sleepy – Overworked Americans and the Cult of Manly Wakefulness

en Limba Engleză Hardback – 19 noi 2013

Dangerously Sleepy explores the fraught relations between overwork, sleep deprivation, and public health. Health and labor historian Alan Derickson charts the cultural and political forces behind the overvaluation-and masculinization-of wakefulness in the United States.

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ISBN-13: 9780812245530
ISBN-10: 0812245539
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: MT – University of Pennsylvania Press

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Preface Chapter 1. Sleep Is for Sissies: Elite Males as Paragons of Wakefulness Chapter 2. In a Drowsy State: The Underregulation of Overwork Chapter 3. The Long Turn: Steelworkers and Shift Rotation Chapter 4. Asleep and Awake at the Same Time: Pullman Porters on Call Chapter 5. Six Days on the Road: Long-Haul Truckers Fighting Drowsiness Conclusion. The Employers' Dreams Notes Index Acknowledgments

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"Smart and original, Dangerously Sleepy has pace, power, and a wonderful sardonic sense of humor. Alan Derickson connects working hours to work safety and sleeplessness to masculinity."-Michael Zuckerman, University of Pennsylvania

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