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Hard at Work : Life in Singapore

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Inside view of diverse Singaporean working lives.

This book can be a good read for those who are curious about the diverse range of jobs and experiences of workers in Singapore. It offers unique perspectives and insights into the lives of more than fifty workers, from funeral directors to academic ghostwriters, providing readers with a glimpse into Singapore's working population. The book's most distinctive feature is its ability to humanize and put faces to various jobs that are often invisible or taken for granted. Overall, Hard at Work is a fascinating and eye-opening read for anyone interested in understanding the diverse and complex nature of work in modern-day Singapore.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Hard at Work : Life in Singapore

Regular price ₱1,163.70
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ISBN: 9789813250505
Date of Publication: 2020-11-07
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.16
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For most of us, work is a basic daily fact of life. But that simple fact encompasses an incredibly wide range of experiences. Hard at Work takes readers into the day-to-day work experiences of more than fifty working people in Singapore who hold jobs that run from the ordinary to the unusual: from ice cream vendors, baristas, police officers and funeral directors to academic ghostwriters, temple flower sellers, and Thai disco girl agents. Through first-person narratives based on detailed interviews, vividly augmented with color photographs, Hard at Work reminds us of the everyday labor that continually goes on around us, and that every job can reveal something interesting if we just look closely enough. It shows us too the ways inequalities of status and income are felt and internalized in this highly globalized society.
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Inside view of diverse Singaporean working lives.

This book can be a good read for those who are curious about the diverse range of jobs and experiences of workers in Singapore. It offers unique perspectives and insights into the lives of more than fifty workers, from funeral directors to academic ghostwriters, providing readers with a glimpse into Singapore's working population. The book's most distinctive feature is its ability to humanize and put faces to various jobs that are often invisible or taken for granted. Overall, Hard at Work is a fascinating and eye-opening read for anyone interested in understanding the diverse and complex nature of work in modern-day Singapore.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.