{"product_id":"invisibility-by-design-gabriella-luk-cs-9781478005810","title":"Invisibility by Design: Women and Labor in Japan's Digital Economy","description":"In the wake of labor market deregulation during the 2000s, online content sharing and social networking platforms were promoted in Japan as new sites of work that were accessible to anyone. Enticed by the chance to build personally fulfilling careers, many young women entered Japan's digital economy by performing unpaid labor as photographers, net idols, bloggers, online traders, and cell phone novelists. While some women leveraged digital technology to create successful careers, most did not. In \u003ci\u003eInvisibility by Design\u003c\/i\u003e Gabriella Luk cs traces how these women's unpaid labor became the engine of Japan's digital economy. Drawing on interviews with young women who strove to sculpt careers in the digital economy, Luk cs shows how platform owners tapped unpaid labor to create innovative profit-generating practices without employing workers, thereby rendering women's labor invisible. By drawing out the ways in which labor precarity generates a demand for feminized affective labor, Luk cs underscores the fallacy of the digital economy as a more democratic, egalitarian, and inclusive mode of production.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gabriella Luk當s\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1478005815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478005810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2020","brand":"Gabriella Luk當s","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43935585370367,"sku":"9781478005810","price":102.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_68e9d5c4-76a6-43b7-b4b3-00daab130569.jpg?v=1681420661","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/invisibility-by-design-gabriella-luk-cs-9781478005810","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}