Brothers and broken dreams: Men, masculinity, and emotions in platform capitalism
研究越南网约车平台男性司机如何在社交媒体上表达绝望、愤怒和羞耻等情感，以应对被困、尊严受损和被剥削的经历，揭示了平台资本主义下全球南方男性如何应对破碎的梦想和男子气概挑战。
Abstract How platform companies act as intermediaries between precarious workers and consumers has received critical attention in terms of the way companies exploit those who work for them and the ambiguity they create in the labor market. We study how male drivers, or “brothers,” in an intermediary platform that provides ride‐hailing services in Vietnam discuss their work and lives on social media. We analyze how men experience getting stuck, not achieving their desired dignity, and being exploited, and how they enact masculinity through sharing emotions such as despair, anger, and shame in dealing with their experiences. We argue that this extends understanding of how platform capitalism is experienced by men in the Global South where many low‐skilled jobs have always been precarious, but platform companies offer hope and dreams of freedom and prosperity. How men cope with broken dreams, grapple with challenges to their sense of masculinity, and seek to retain a sense of agency are important questions today.