"Bullshit" Jobs and Ticklish Comedy: Humor and Sadness in the Contemporary Workplace Novel.
The article explores how contemporary workplace novels use humor to critique the emptiness absurdity of modern employment, particularly in roles labeled as meaningless or "bullshit" by theorist David Graeber. Topics include the rise of precarious and performative labor, the emotional toll of modern...
| Published in: | Contemporary Literature Vol. 65; no. 2; pp. 150 - 184 |
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University of Wisconsin Press
Summer2024
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