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Author Paap, Kris, 1968-

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

Imprint Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  331.7624 P11w 2006    ---  Available
Description xi, 235 p. ; 24 cm.
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.
Subject Construction workers -- Attitudes.
Working class men -- Attitudes.
Men, White -- Attitudes.
Masculinity.
Construction industry -- Safety measures.
ISBN 0801472862 (pbk.)
0801444675 (cloth : alk. paper)
0801472865 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Standard No. 9780801444678
9780801472862
IG# 0801444675
IG# 0801472865

 
    
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