Affective labour and class distinction in the night-time economy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3480165 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steven Threadgold (0000-0003-2443-9619, University of Newcastle Australia, corresponding author), David Farrugia (0000-0003-0288-2775, University of Newcastle Australia), Julia Coffey (0000-0001-7388-6592, University of Newcastle Australia) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1013-1028 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0261 • E-ISSN: 1467-954X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00380261211006329 |
| OpenAlex | W3142132142 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 44 |
This article contributes to recent debates about the relationship between affective labour and class by exploring the classed distinctions enacted through affective labour in the urban night-time economy. Bringing theories of affective labour into a dialogue with Bourdieusian feminist analysis, the article explores the affective and symbolic dynamics of hospitality labour in a gentrified inner-urban neighbourhood of Melbourne, Australia. It shows how the practice of hospitality labour enacts classed distinctions and tensions emerging from the gentrification of inner-urban areas, and how the aesthetic and symbolic dimensions of class contribute to the valorisation of affect in hospitality venues. The valorisation of affect are processes in which the value attributed to an atmosphere or consumption experience is based on the forms of distinction practised within the venue, enacted in aesthetics, tastes and modes of embodiment. The article also shows how practices of class distinction - both 'punching up' and 'managing down' - are connected to the gendered politics of service work in the way that workers manage the threat of violence or sexual harassment in venues. In general, the article shows how the classed dynamics of gentrification are enacted in affective economies, and therefore how Bourdieusian analysis of class can be usefully deployed in theoretical debates about affective labour
Aesthetics · Affect (linguistics) · Capital (architecture) · Consumption (sociology) · Economic growth · Economics · Emotional labor · Gentrification · Hospitality · Mobilities · Nightlife · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Tourism · Working class · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Gender Studies · History · Law · Night-time city culture · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Beyond night-time economy
Flirtatious geographies
The economy of smiles
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Reembodying Qualitative Inquiry
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Seedy bars and grotty pints
Sexual Work and the Employment of Women in the Service Industries
Disgusted Subjects
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| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |