"Greed Is Good" and Other Fables (ePub)
Office Life in Popular Culture
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book spans three centuries of popular entertainment and everyday culture, showcasing both mainstream and submerged channels and voices to examine how once reviled business values gained supremacy and poisoned the American spirit.
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This book spans three centuries of popular entertainment and everyday culture, showcasing both mainstream and submerged channels and voices to examine how once reviled business values gained supremacy and poisoned the American spirit.
The office in popular culture is often depicted as a topsy-turvy parallel universe where psychological disorders are legitimized as "managerial styles" and comically depraved bosses torment those who do the actual work. During the 1950s, the Beats chose denim and the open road over gray flannel suits and office jobs, but today their grandchildren-Generation Y-aggressively covet desk jobs.
"Greed Is Good" and Other Fables: Office Life in Popular Culture examines how office life is both extolled and lampooned in popular culture. The book tracks how business values ascended to cultural dominance in the United States today, revealing our incessant struggle between financial and spiritual goals in the pursuit of "freedom" and the fulfillment of the American dream. By drawing upon sources as varied as books, newspapers, magazines, television shows, movies, blogs, message boards, documentaries, public speeches, corporate training films, and employee newsletters, the author provides compelling insights into the range of competing values and ideals interwoven throughout office life.
The office in popular culture is often depicted as a topsy-turvy parallel universe where psychological disorders are legitimized as "managerial styles" and comically depraved bosses torment those who do the actual work. During the 1950s, the Beats chose denim and the open road over gray flannel suits and office jobs, but today their grandchildren-Generation Y-aggressively covet desk jobs.
"Greed Is Good" and Other Fables: Office Life in Popular Culture examines how office life is both extolled and lampooned in popular culture. The book tracks how business values ascended to cultural dominance in the United States today, revealing our incessant struggle between financial and spiritual goals in the pursuit of "freedom" and the fulfillment of the American dream. By drawing upon sources as varied as books, newspapers, magazines, television shows, movies, blogs, message boards, documentaries, public speeches, corporate training films, and employee newsletters, the author provides compelling insights into the range of competing values and ideals interwoven throughout office life.
Autoren-Porträt von Tony Osborne
Tony Osborne, PhD, teaches courses in rhetoric, leadership, and mass communication at Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA, and writes and speaks about popular culture. He has worked as an investigative reporter and feature writer for a daily newspaper, an account executive and speech writer for AT&T Communications, and an independent business consultant and trainer.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Tony Osborne
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 7 Jahre
- 2012, 1. Auflage, 216 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
- ISBN-10: 0313385769
- ISBN-13: 9780313385766
- Erscheinungsdatum: 13.04.2012
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