[Commlist] New book: Culture, Capital and Carnival

William Kitchen is delighted to announce that the monograph, */_Culture, 
Capital and Carnival: Modern Media and the Representation of Work 
<https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/culture-capital-and-carnival-9798765137338/>_/*,*//*is 
available in hardback and eBook from September 4th.

“This book’s original and exhilarating analysis of work practices as 
depicted in modern media offers a vital reassessment of leisure and 
revolt … Highly recommended for anyone who has experienced or witnessed 
employment in the contemporary world - that is, all of us.”

  * *Professor Sue Vice, University of Sheffield, UK*

“In this wide ranging and beautifully written book, Will Kitchen shows 
us … why we should never believe that culture is either ideology or 
resistance. You might never look at /The Office/ in the same way again.”

  * *Professor Martin Parker, University of Bristol, UK*

“Kitchen … writes beautifully, argues persuasively and happily takes the 
reader through centuries of intellectual history. Scholarly enquiry 
doesn’t get much better than that.”

  * *Professor Anja Louis, Sheffield Hallam University, UK*

“This is a disturbing, brilliant yet humane book that we all need to 
read. It reminds us of something we knew but dared not think, that we 
need to stop laughing at work, open our eyes, and dare to change. I only 
wish I had written it myself.”

  * *Professor Andrew King, University of Greenwich, UK*

“Will Kitchen offers a much-needed reassessment of the centrality of 
work in the contemporary cultural imaginary. In doing so, this excellent 
book … explains why and how work matters (and is likely to continue to 
matter) to the way we make sense of ourselves and the world.”

  * *Professor Benjamin Kohlmann, University of Regensburg, Germany*

*Contents*
1. Introduction
2. The Cultural Metaphysics of Capital
3. If You Are Poor, It Is Your Own Fault: /Keep the Aspidistra 
Flying/ (1936)
4. Gilded Tombs: "The Lesson of the Master" (1888)
5. The Safety Valve: /The Great Cat Massacre/ (1984)
6. Adapt and Prosper: /The Office/ (2005-13)
7. We All Got Bosses: /Captain Phillips/ (2013)
8. The Betrayal of Craft: /Boiling Point/ (2021)
*Keywords*
Media, Culture, Film, Literature, Television, Labour, Work, History,

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