{"product_id":"the-laziness-myth-christine-jeske-9781501752513","title":"The Laziness Myth: Narratives of Work and the Good Life in South Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Laziness Myth\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeske offers evidence of the laziness myth's harsh consequences, as well as insights into how to challenge it with other South African narratives of a good life. In contexts as diverse as rapping in a library, manufacturing leather shoes, weed-whacking neighbors' yards, negotiating marriage plans, and sharing water taps, the people described in this book will stimulate discussion on creative possibilities for seeking the good life in and out of employment, in South Africa and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christine Jeske\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501752510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501752513\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ILR Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2021","brand":"Christine Jeske","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043420827903,"sku":"9781501752513","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bb199fd9-198c-4a77-8946-c348f7390851.jpg?v=1684967048","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-laziness-myth-christine-jeske-9781501752513","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}