Working construction : why white working-class men put themselves and the labor movement in harm's way /
Paap, Kris, 1968-
Working construction : why white working-class men put themselves and the labor movement in harm's way / Kris Paap. - Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2005. - xi, 235 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-226) and index.
The political and economic relations of the construction industry -- The social relations of production -- "You're either 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.
9780801444678 (cloth : alk. paper) 0801444675 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780801472862 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0801472865 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2005037543
Construction workers--Attitudes.--United States
Working class men--Attitudes.--United States
Men, White--Attitudes.--United States
Masculinity--United States.
Construction industry--Safety measures.--United States
HD8039.B892 / U66 2005
331.7/6240973
Working construction : why white working-class men put themselves and the labor movement in harm's way / Kris Paap. - Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2005. - xi, 235 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-226) and index.
The political and economic relations of the construction industry -- The social relations of production -- "You're either 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.
9780801444678 (cloth : alk. paper) 0801444675 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780801472862 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0801472865 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2005037543
Construction workers--Attitudes.--United States
Working class men--Attitudes.--United States
Men, White--Attitudes.--United States
Masculinity--United States.
Construction industry--Safety measures.--United States
HD8039.B892 / U66 2005
331.7/6240973