Mining Coal and Undermining Gender : Rhythms of Work and Family in the American West /

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Though mining is an infamously masculine industry, women make up 20 percent of all production crews in Wyoming's Powder River Basin-the largest coal-producing region in the United States. How do these women fit into a working culture supposedly hostile to females? This is what anthropologist Je...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rolston, Jessica Smith (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2014]
Temas:
Coal mines and mining > Social aspects > Wyoming.
Sex role.
Women coal miners > Wyoming.
Work and family.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Part I. Orientation
  • 1. Putting Kinship to Work
  • 2. Labor Relations and Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Part II. Putting in Time
  • 3. Shiftwork as Kinwork
  • 4. Interweaving Love and Labor
  • Part III. Undoing Gender at Work
  • 5. Tomboys and Softies
  • 6. Hard Work, Humor, and Harassment
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Glossary of Mining Terms
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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