... of immigrant and academic precarity, followed by a discussion of the embodiment of precarity as our theoretical framework. We then discuss our research design in detail, articulating the value of a phenomenological approach and our focus on metaphors. The next section outlines how participants articulated...

... participant observation and interviews with frontline workers at a fashion retail store in the UK. Findings This paper explores how the embodiments of aesthetic labour are perpetually produced and commodified through the discipline of management in a fashion retail store. It challenges the notion...