Semi Queer : Inside the World of Gay, Trans, and Black Truck Drivers /

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Long-haul trucking is linked to almost every industry in America, yet somehow the working-class drivers behind big rigs remain largely hidden from public view. Gritty, inspiring, and often devastating oral histories of gay, transsexual, and minority truck drivers allow award-winning author Anne Bala...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Balay, Anne (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women truck drivers.
Truck drivers.
Transgender people.
Gays.
African Americans.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gay Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
African American.
Homosexuels > États-Unis.
Camionneuses > États-Unis.
Transgenres > États-Unis.
Noirs americains.
Camionneurs > États-Unis.
Camionnage > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Gays > United States.
Women truck drivers > United States.
Transgender people > United States.
Truck drivers > United States.
Trucking > United States > Social conditions.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Starting : whoop 'n' ride : why people choose trucking, and how they prepare
  • Rolling : sailboat races : the web of regulations that shape the work of trucking
  • Stopping : getting loaded : customers, shippers, receivers
  • Rolling : drag and fly : race, racism, and trucking
  • Stopping : Jesus, take the wheel : road accidents, PTSD, and fear
  • Rolling : grabbing gears : the appeal of constant motion, especially to gay, black, and trans drivers
  • Stopping : the pickle park : truck stops and rest areas
  • Rolling : draggin' ass : persistence and endurance are working-class values
  • Stopping : what's your twenty? : Locating the queer trucker's body.

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