Marie-Pierre Gibert et Anne Monjaret , Anthropologie du travail , Paris, Armand Colin, coll. « U », 2021, 224 p.
Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: The resale of durable goods on the second-hand market can be explained by economic factors in a context of crisis and increasing inequalities. The democratization of digital technologies and new consumer values of reuse and waste reduction have also encouraged a move to give a second life to goods people have bought. This article examines two forms of work taken by book resellers on a popular French classifieds website, leboncoin. We explore the labour process, the skills required and the other reasons that explain why individuals devote their leisure time to the second-hand book market.
Source: Ethnologie française
Author: Emmanuelle Savignac
Institution: Université Sorbonne Paris Nord
Language: French
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4327925675