Overwhelmed work, love, and play when no one has the time
"Can working parents in America--or anywhere--ever find true leisure time? According to the Leisure Studies Department at the University of Iowa, true leisure is "that place in which we realize our humanity." If that's true, argues Brigid Schulte, then we're doing dangerously little realizing of our...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2014.
|
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
MARC
| LEADER | 00000cam a22000008i 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | ocn846545914 | ||
| 003 | OCoLC | ||
| 005 | 20170616154300.0 | ||
| 008 | 131107s2014 nyu 001 0 eng | ||
| 010 | |a 2013040637 | ||
| 020 | |a 9780374228446 (hardback) | ||
| 020 | |a 0374228442 (hardback) | ||
| 020 | |a 9781429945875 (ebook) | ||
| 020 | |a 1429945877 (ebook) | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)846545914 |z (OCoLC)846552855 | ||
| 040 | |a DLC |b eng |e rda |c DLC |d BTCTA |d YDXCP |d BDX |d OCLCO |d OCLCF |d PCB | ||
| 042 | |a pcc | ||
| 050 | 0 | 0 | |a HQ759.48 |b .S33 2014 |
| 082 | 0 | 0 | |a 331.4/4 |2 23 |
| 084 | |a SOC026010 |a BUS097000 |2 bisacsh | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Schulte, Brigid, |d 1962- | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Overwhelmed : |b work, love, and play when no one has the time / |c Brigid Schulte. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, |c 2014. | |
| 300 | |a 353 pages; |c 24 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a unmediated |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a volume |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 500 | |a Includes index. | ||
| 520 | |a "Can working parents in America--or anywhere--ever find true leisure time? According to the Leisure Studies Department at the University of Iowa, true leisure is "that place in which we realize our humanity." If that's true, argues Brigid Schulte, then we're doing dangerously little realizing of our humanity. In Overwhelmed, Schulte, a staff writer for The Washington Post, asks: Are our brains, our partners, our culture, and our bosses making it impossible for us to experience anything but "contaminated time"? Schulte first asked this question in a 2010 feature for The Washington Post Magazine: "How did researchers compile this statistic that said we were rolling in leisure--over four hours a day? Did any of us feel that we actually had downtime? Was there anything useful in their research--anything we could do?" Overwhelmed is a map of the stresses that have ripped our leisure to shreds, and a look at how to put the pieces back together. Schulte speaks to neuroscientists, sociologists, and hundreds of working parents to tease out the factors contributing to our collective sense of being overwhelmed, seeking insights, answers, and inspiration. She investigates progressive offices trying to invent a new kind of workplace; she travels across Europe to get a sense of how other countries accommodate working parents; she finds younger couples who claim to have figured out an ideal division of chores, childcare, and meaningful paid work. Overwhelmed is the story of what she found out"--Provided by publisher. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Working mothers. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Leisure |x Social aspects. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Working mothers |x Time management. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Work and family. | |
| 856 | 7 | 8 | |u http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=288&titleID=1393952 |y Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |x D233D2FC-CAC6-4DB3-9DF4-A491A04FA304 |
| 938 | |a Baker and Taylor |b BTCP |n BK0013376931 | ||
| 938 | |a YBP Library Services |b YANK |n 10744484 | ||
| 938 | |a Brodart |b BROD |n 105233226 | ||
| 994 | |a C0 |b PCB | ||
| 949 | |a schlow |b SANON |c 331.44 SCH |d i |e 39635103230867 |f 542818 |g ddc |j 02/18/2014 | ||
| 999 | |a 356896 | ||
