Bibliograph

Everyday dirty work, invisibility, communication, and immigrant labor, Wilfredo Alvarez

Type

Label

Everyday dirty work, invisibility, communication, and immigrant labor, Wilfredo Alvarez

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-175) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Everyday dirty work

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1272856198

Responsibility statement

Wilfredo Alvarez

Series statement

Global Latin/o Americas

Sub title

invisibility, communication, and immigrant labor

Summary

"Recognizing the need to further understand co-cultural communication practices in the workplace, Everyday Dirty Work explores how Latin American immigrant janitors communicate from their marginalized standpoints in a predominantly White academic organization and how everyday interpersonal encounters create discursive spaces that welcome and disqualify people based on symbolic and social capital"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Communication in everyday life -- Research methods -- Communicating at work -- Communicating co-culturally -- Communicating social identity -- Encounters with strangers -- Research implications, advocacy, and future directions

Classification