Working construction: why white working-class men put themselves, and the labor movement, in harm's way
by Paap, Kris
Kris Paap worked for three years as a carpenter's apprentice, closely observing her colleagues' habits, expressions, and attitudes. As a woman in an overwhelmingly male profession, she uses her experiences to reveal the ways that gender, class, and race interact in the construction industry.
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- Full title :Working construction : why white working-class men put themselves, and the labor movement, in harm's way / Kris Paap.
Summary
Kris Paap worked for three years as a carpenter's apprentice, closely observing her colleagues' habits, expressions, and attitudes. As a woman in an overwhelmingly male profession, she uses her experiences to reveal the ways that gender, class, and race interact in the construction industry.
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- Publication Date:2006.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):ILR
- Place of Publication:Ithaca, N.Y
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2006.
The Physical Object
- Description:xi, 235 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0801444675, 9780801444678, 0801472865, 9780801472862
- oclc:ocm65468919
- LC Classification:HD8039.B892
- Dewey Decimal:331.76240973
Table of 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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