Book contents
- Dramas of Dignity
- Dramas of Dignity
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Below Potsdamer Platz
- 1 The Corporate Micro-city Potsdamer Platz
- 2 Characters from the Corporate Underworld
- 3 From Feces to Flowers
- 4 Separate in the Same Boat
- 5 When Worlds Collide
- 6 “Back to the Dark Side”
- Leaving the Minus Area Behind
- Postscript
- Appendix
- References
- Index
Below Potsdamer Platz
Introduction to the Minus Area
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 May 2022
- Dramas of Dignity
- Dramas of Dignity
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Below Potsdamer Platz
- 1 The Corporate Micro-city Potsdamer Platz
- 2 Characters from the Corporate Underworld
- 3 From Feces to Flowers
- 4 Separate in the Same Boat
- 5 When Worlds Collide
- 6 “Back to the Dark Side”
- Leaving the Minus Area Behind
- Postscript
- Appendix
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter sets out the case for studying cleaners’ dignity at work. It starts with a description of my arrival at Potsdamer Platz, of the cleaners and the corporate underworld. The overarching question concerning what happens to cleaners’ dignity in social interactions is developed, and the book’s central notion of “dramas of dignity” is introduced. The chapter ends with an overview of the subsequent chapters.
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- Dramas of DignityCleaners in the Corporate Underworld of Berlin, pp. 1 - 11Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022