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.
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