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Working construction : why white working-class men put themselves--and the labor movement--in harm's way
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Title
Working construction : why white working-class men put themselves--and the labor movement--in harm's way / Kris Paap.
ISBN
0801444675 (cloth : alk. paper)
0801472865 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2006.
Physical Description
xi, 235 p. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 27, 2006
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-226) and index.
Contents
The political and economic relations of the construction industry
The social relations of production
"A bitch, a dyke, or a whore
" : how good men justify white and male dominance
Bodies at work : the social and physiological production of gender
"We're animals
and we're proud of it" : strategic enactments of white, working-class masculinities
The bodily costs of this social wage : occupational safety in the construction industry
The wages
and costs
of white working-class masculinities.
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