Jitions ere would be no puzzle. What is Perplexing ntance of the present reality that one must work to I less the less willingness accep tance to live th for work. By the same token, it is Casy to the why work is held in such high esteem, but considerably less oby why it to be valued more than other pastimes and Practices, why That these questions are rarely posed within the field of poy. theory is also surprising. The lack of interest in representing the grind of work routines in various forms of popular culture is Pethaps underst andable, as is the tendency among cultural Critics to focus the animation and meaningfulness of commodities rather than the ect of laboring activity that Marx identifies as the source of their fetish Marx 1976, 164 65. The preference for a level of abstractio