More than pretty boxes how the rise of professional organizing shows us the way we work isn't working
"For a widely dreaded, mundane task, organizing one's possessions has taken a surprising hold on our cultural imagination. For those with enough means and/or desperation, there are people who can be hired to help declutter. Here Carrie M. Lane introduces us to the world of professional organizers an...
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Chicago ; London :
The University of Chicago Press,
2024.
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1. The rise of professional organizing. The first organizers : women have always been expected to manage the stuff ; Collaborative competitors : the growth of a profession ; Alternatives to standard employment, especially for women
- Part 2. The organizing process. Sort, purge, put back : the people-changing work of managing things ; Where it hurts : connective labor and the feminist work of professional organizing.
