Working Title. Representations of Identity and Postmodern Work in Mike Judge's "Office Space"


Mémoire de Maîtrise, 2013

53 Pages, Note: 1,7


Extrait


Contents

1 Introduction

2 Theoretical Framework
2.1 Postmodern Insecurity and Identity-Work
2.2 Flexibilization and Bureaucracy
2.3 Drift and the Social Triangle
2.4 Individualization and Social Disembedding

3 “Commute from Hell” or “A Case of the Mondays”

4 People at Work – “What Do You Think You Do Here?”
4.1 Peter's Daily Odyssey
4.2 “Call me Mike”: Michael and Samir
4.3 The Ratio of People to Cake – Milton Waddams
4.4 Planning To Plan: Consulting the Inefficiency Experts
4.5 Male Spaces - The Women in Office Space

5 Office Inventory
5.1 The Trouble with the Stapler
5.2 Paper-jammed Printers and Fax Machines

6 Deconstructing Spaces
6.1 The Cubicle
6.2 Fighting Fire with Fire - The Office Building

7 Peter, the Postmodern Working Man?

8 Conclusion

9 Works Cited
9.1 Bibliography
9.2 Internet Resources
9.3 Film

Fin de l'extrait de 53 pages

Résumé des informations

Titre
Working Title. Representations of Identity and Postmodern Work in Mike Judge's "Office Space"
Université
Humboldt-University of Berlin  (Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik)
Note
1,7
Auteur
Année
2013
Pages
53
N° de catalogue
V305928
ISBN (ebook)
9783668045262
ISBN (Livre)
9783668045279
Taille d'un fichier
715 KB
Langue
anglais
Annotations
Thesis in English; includes German Abstract
Mots clés
Office Space, Flexibilization, Identity Formation, Richard Sennet, Movie, Film, Mike Judge, Identity, Postmodern, Heiner Keupp, Zygmunt Baumann, Postmodernity, Work, Risk-Society, Cubicles, Ulrich Beck, Drift, Social Triangle, Insecurity, Automation, work environments, working conditions, the future of work, Disembedding, Individualization, identity-work, bureaucracy
Citation du texte
Bert Bobock (Auteur), 2013, Working Title. Representations of Identity and Postmodern Work in Mike Judge's "Office Space", Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/305928

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