by Marion Crain
First published 2016
In the glossy age of influencers and personal brands, the real labor that props up our consumer culture often remains invisible. "Invisible Labor" pulls back the curtain, revealing the unseen workers - from digital content creators to service industry employees - whose aesthetic toil fuels the brands we buy into. As demographic shifts and new technologies transform the nature of work, this groundbreaking book exposes the implications for workers' rights, social policy, and the very fabric of our economy.
Genres: business, sociology, economics, non-fiction, 21st-century, academic
Vibes: informative, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: expos, social-commentary
Period: 21st-century
327 pages · Kindle Edition · University of California Press