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The Laziness MythNarratives of Work and the Good Life in South Africa\nAuthor(s): Christine Jeske\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: ILR Press\nISBN-13: 9781501752513, 978-1501752513\nSynopsis\nWhen people cannot find good work, can they still find good lives? By investigating this question in the context of South Africa, where only 43 percent of adults are employed, Christine Jeske invites readers to examine their own assumptions about how work and the good life do or do not coincide. The Laziness Myth challenges the widespread premise that hard work determines success by tracing the titular \""laziness myth,\"" a persistent narrative that disguises the systems and structures that produce inequalities while blaming unemployment and other social ills on the so-called laziness of particular class, racial, and ethnic groups. \n\n Jeske offers evidence of the laziness myth's harsh consequences, as well as insights into how to challenge it with.