In the Social Factory?: Immaterial Labour, Precariousness and Cultural Work

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1-30

  Gill, Rosalind ^a   Pratt, Andy ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

affect; autonomous Marxism; creative industries; cultural work; immaterial labour; precariousness

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149479418     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276408097794     Document Type: Article

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