TY - BOOK ID - 85702209 TI - The laziness myth : narratives of work and the good life in South Africa PY - 2021 SN - 1501752502 1501752529 1501752537 1501752510 PB - Ithaca : ILR Press, DB - UniCat KW - Work KW - Work ethic. KW - Well-being. KW - Unemployment KW - Unemployed KW - Quality of life. KW - Laziness. KW - Happiness. KW - Blacks KW - Happiness KW - Quality of life KW - Well-being KW - Laziness KW - Work ethic KW - Ethic, Work KW - Ethics KW - Indolence KW - Sloth KW - Deadly sins KW - Personality KW - Work, Psychology of KW - Joblessness KW - Employment (Economic theory) KW - Full employment policies KW - Labor supply KW - Manpower policy KW - Underemployment KW - Jobless people KW - Out-of-work people KW - Unemployed people KW - Unemployed workers KW - Persons KW - Welfare (Personal well-being) KW - Wellbeing KW - Health KW - Wealth KW - Life, Quality of KW - Economic history KW - Human ecology KW - Life KW - Social history KW - Basic needs KW - Human comfort KW - Social accounting KW - Work-life balance KW - Gladness KW - Emotions KW - Cheerfulness KW - Contentment KW - Pleasure KW - Psychological aspects. KW - Social aspects. KW - Attitudes. KW - Employment. KW - Social aspects KW - Employment KW - South Africa. KW - Africa, South KW - Industry (Psychology) KW - Method of work KW - Work, Method of KW - Human behavior KW - Labor KW - Occupations KW - the good life, causes of unemployment, racism in the workplace, unemployment in south africa, neoliberal entrepreneurial narrative. KW - Black persons KW - Negroes KW - Ethnology KW - Black people UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85702209 AB - When people cannot find good work, can they still find good lives? By investigating this question in the context of South Africa, where only 43 percent of adults are employed, Christine Jeske invites readers to examine their own assumptions about how work and the good life do or do not coincide. 'The Laziness Myth' challenges the widespread premise that hard work determines success by tracing the titular 'laziness myth,' a persistent narrative that disguises the systems and structures that produce inequalities while blaming unemployment and other social ills on the so-called laziness of particular class, racial, and ethnic groups. Jeske offers evidence of the laziness myth's harsh consequences, as well as insights into how to challenge it with other South African narratives of a good life. ER -