Vibes as value : Young workers and affective labour in the service economy
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1526187310
ISBN-13
9781526187314
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Imprint
Manchester University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 14th, 2026
Print length
176 Pages
Weight
424 grams
Dimensions
23.40 x 15.60 x 1.10 cms
Ksh 16,200.00
Werezi Extended Catalogue
0 in stock
Delivery Location
Delivery fee: Select location
Secure
Quality
Fast
Vibes as value explores the relationship between subjectivity, labour and value in the hospitality industry. It develops an approach to hospitality work as a form of affective labour that produces value in the form of ‘vibes’, showing how youth, gender, sexuality, race and social class are embodied and made productive in the service economy. -- .
Vibes as value explores the relationship between subjectivity, labour and value in the hospitality industry, and thereby how youth, gender, sexuality, race and social class are embodied and made productive in the service economy. It shows that the key product of hospitality labour is ''vibes'', or moments of enjoyment and relationality co-produced through exploitative relationships amongst workers and consumers. In the process, the book theorises hospitality as a form of affective labour organised through the normative and structural relations of precarious service work. It shows how identity construction produces value within the highly unequal social terrain of the service economy, and how hospitality labour enacts hierarchies of value extending far beyond the limits of the industry itself.
Get Vibes as value by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by Manchester University Press and it has pages.
