Affected Labour in a Caf Culture - 9780367592103

Taylor & Francis

Affected Labour in a Caf CultureThe Atmospheres and Economics of 'Hip' Melbourne\nAuthor(s): Alexia Cameron\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367592103, 978-0367592103\nSynopsis\nWhat does it mean to work in the hip postmodern economy? This book develops the concept of affected labour within Melbourne, Australia. Through the lens of caf and bar culture, the book provides an ethnographic investigation into the ways that affect arises, circulates, sticks and dissipates over the course of everyday encounters. \n\nThe dynamics and atmospheres of affective labour among those working in the hospitality-oriented environments are unfolded. Service work is rooted in the notion that labour is performed by an exhausted worker for a demanding customer. This book goes beyond this idea by describing the way not only consumers are moved by the experience and seduced by the atmosphere, but more pressingly workers and employers. .