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Book Review: Sherrow O. Pinder Black Women, Work, and Welfare in the Age of Globalization
Critical Social Policy ( IF 1.802 ) Pub Date : 2019-12-21 , DOI: 10.1177/0261018319885906e
Alexis Jemal 1
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terms, ‘late-capitalist body talk’ (e.g. nimble, lean etc.). Second, some words exemplify the ‘moral vocabulary of late capitalism’ (e.g. passion, resilience etc.). Third, certain words are redolent of – and help to constitute – the ‘aesthetics of late capitalism’ (e.g. artisanal, creativity etc.). The fourth category appears to draw on the ‘possibilities of technology’ (e.g. data, hack, etc.) (pp. 6–7). Within this framing, Leary successfully dwells on his chosen lexicon and, for this reader, there are particular highlights (brand, design, grit). Occasionally, the humorous and castigatory tone of the book risks becoming a little irksome (e.g. ‘Cholera has scarcely ever had it so good, but we are living in a golden age of toilet design’, p. 64). However, perhaps Leary might be – stylistically – seeking to mimic and satirise the flippant, facile style of corporate-speak? This tonal dimension constitutes a very minor distraction because Leary’s book is an important contribution to the body of critical scholarship circulating around keywords. In some senses, in fact, the volume might also be read as a lexicon companion to Wendy Brown’s (2015) Undoing the Demos. In short,

中文翻译:

书评:Sherrow O. Pinder 全球化时代的黑人妇女、工作和福利

术语,“晚期资本主义的身体谈话”(例如敏捷、精益等)。其次,有些词体现了“晚期资本主义的道德词汇”(例如激情、韧性等)。第三,某些词会让人联想到——并有助于构成——“晚期资本主义的美学”(例如手工、创造力等)。第四类似乎利用了“技术的可能性”(例如数据、黑客等)(第 6-7 页)。在这个框架内,利里成功地专注于他选择的词汇,对于这位读者来说,有一些特别的亮点(品牌、设计、勇气)。有时,这本书幽默和严厉的语气可能会变得有点令人厌烦(例如,“霍乱几乎从未如此好过,但我们生活在厕所设计的黄金时代”,第 64 页)。然而,也许 Leary 可能会——从风格上——寻求模仿和讽刺轻率的人,轻松的企业演讲风格?这个音调维度构成了一个非常小的干扰,因为 Leary 的书对围绕关键词传播的批判性学术体系做出了重要贡献。事实上,从某种意义上说,这本书也可以作为温迪·布朗 (2015) 的《Undoing the Demos》的词典伴侣来阅读。简而言之,
更新日期:2019-12-21
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