Front cover image for Dirty work : the social construction of taint

Dirty work : the social construction of taint

"Escape into the Future analyzes the power of pessimism, showing links between present-day religious pessimism and the nihilism of popular culture, Stroup and Shuck rummage through an interesting and eclectic body of pop culture - from Fight Club to X-Files to the Left Behind series - pointing out the presence of pessimistic themes throughout. This volume identifies and illuminates the religious language used in these works to articulate America's need to escape from its present cultural path and, ultimately, provide hope that it might do so."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©2007
Baylor University Press, Waco, Tex., ©2007
xi, 271 pages ; 23 cm
9781932792737, 9781932792522, 1932792732, 193279252X
123232378
Doing justice / Shirley K. Drew
Dirty work and discipline behind bars / Sarah J. Tracy & Clifton Scott
Riding fire trucks & ambulances with America's heroes / Clifton Scott & Sarah J. Tracy
Without trucks, we'd be naked, hungry & homeless / Melanie Mills
Bitching about secretarial "dirty work" / Patty Sotirin
Bedpans, blood, and bile: doing the dirty work in nursing / Melanie Mills & Amy Schejabal
Crack pipes and T cells: use of taint management by HIV/AIDS/addiction caregivers / Stephanie Poole Martinez
Good cops, dirty crimes / Bob M. Gassaway
Cops, crimes, and community policing / Shirley K. Drew & Mendy Hulvey
The death doctors / Bob M. Gassaway
Ethnography as dirty work / Shirley K. Drew & Melanie Mills
Concluding thoughts / Melanie Mills, Shirley K. Drew, & Bob M. Gassaway