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Working Title. Representations of Identity and Postmodern Work in Mike Judge's "Office Space"

Name: Working Title. Representations of Identity and Postmodern Work in Mike Judge's "Office Space"
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Author: Bert Bobock
ISBN: 978-3-668-04527-9

Thesis (M.A.), 2013

53 Pages, Grade: 1,7

Bert Bobock (Author)

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1 Introduction

2 Theoretical Framework
2.1 Postmodern Insecurity and Identity-Work
2.2 Flexibilization and Bureaucracy
2.3 Drift and the Social Triangle
2.4 Individualization and Social Disembedding

3 “Commute from Hell” or “A Case of the Mondays”

4 People at Work – “What Do You Think You Do Here?”
4.1 Peter's Daily Odyssey
4.2 “Call me Mike”: Michael and Samir
4.3 The Ratio of People to Cake – Milton Waddams
4.4 Planning To Plan: Consulting the Inefficiency Experts
4.5 Male Spaces - The Women in Office Space

5 Office Inventory
5.1 The Trouble with the Stapler
5.2 Paper-jammed Printers and Fax Machines

6 Deconstructing Spaces
6.1 The Cubicle
6.2 Fighting Fire with Fire - The Office Building

7 Peter, the Postmodern Working Man?

8 Conclusion

9 Works Cited
9.1 Bibliography
9.2 Internet Resources
9.3 Film

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Title: Working Title. Representations of Identity and Postmodern Work in Mike Judge's "Office Space"
College: Humboldt-University of Berlin (Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik)
Grade: 1,7
Author: Bert Bobock (Author)
Year: 2013
Pages: 53
Catalog Number: V305928
ISBN (eBook): 9783668045262
ISBN (Book): 9783668045279
File size: 715 KB
Language: English
Notes: Thesis in English; includes German Abstract
Keywords: Office Space, Flexibilization, Identity Formation, Richard Sennet, Movie, Film, Mike Judge, Identity, Postmodern, Heiner Keupp, Zygmunt Baumann, Postmodernity, Work, Risk-Society, Cubicles, Ulrich Beck, Drift, Social Triangle, Insecurity, Automation, work environments, working conditions, the future of work, Disembedding, Individualization, identity-work, bureaucracy

Quote paper: Bert Bobock (Author), 2013, Working Title. Representations of Identity and Postmodern Work in Mike Judge's "Office Space", Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/305928

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