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Working construction : why white working-class men put themselves and the labor movement in harm's way / Kris Paap.

By: Publication details: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2005.Description: xi, 235 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780801444678 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0801444675 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780801472862 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0801472865 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.7/6240973 22
LOC classification:
  • HD8039.B892 U66 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
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.

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.

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