You Only Own Yourself If You Can Sell Yourself: Wage Labour, Agency, and Self-Denial in 'Severance'

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Content type	Content type Digital Document
Collection(s)	Collection(s) Agora Journal Volume 15:2, 2024 - Student Writer Awards
Resource Type	Resource Type Text
Genre	Genre article

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Persons and Affiliations

Persons	Author (aut): Anderton, Terry Editor (edt): Legacy, Jessica
Organizations	Publisher (pbl): Red Deer Polytechnic

Abstract/Description

Description / Synopsis	Description / Synopsis Winner of the Student Writer Award 2nd Place, Analytic Essay (Years 3 and 4). An analytic essay discussing the meaning of wage labour and the definition of employee self-ownership in the TV series, 'Severance'.

Publication/Container Information

Publication Title	Publication Title Agora Red Deer Polytechnic Undergraduate Journal - Student Writer Awards
Publication Number	Publication Number vol. 15, no. 2

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First page number	First page number 21
Last page number	Last page number 26

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Rights Statement	Rights Statement IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED

Subjects and Classifications

Keywords	Keywords Work life balance, psychological thriller, wage labour, SciFi TV series, science fiction, employee / employer, self-denial, dystopian drama, ego and id, conscious and subconscious
Library of Congress Classification	Library of Congress Classification Dystopias in popular culture Science fiction films Work-life balance Thrillers (Television programs) Ego (Psychology)

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You Only Own Yourself If You Can Sell Yourself: Wage Labour, Agency, and Self-Denial in 'Severance'

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2025-06-27

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