Just the usual work : the social worlds of Ida Martin, working-class diarist /

"Born in 1907, Ida Martin spent most of her life in Saint John, New Brunswick. She married a longshoreman named Allan Robert Martin in 1932 and they had one daughter. In the years that followed, Ida had a busy and varied life, full of work, caring for her family, and living her faith. Through i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Boudreau, Michael, 1967- (Author), Huskins, Bonnie, 1963- (Author)
Other Authors: Martin, Ida, 1907-2004
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Martin, Ida, > 1907-2004 > Diaries.
1900-1999
Working class women > New Brunswick > Saint John > Diaries.
Housewives > New Brunswick > Saint John > Diaries.
Diarists > New Brunswick > Saint John > Diaries.
Femmes au foyer > Nouveau-Brunswick > Saint-Jean > Journaux intimes.
HISTORY / Canada / General
Diarists.
Housewives.
Social conditions.
Working class women.
Saint John (N.B.) > Biography.
Saint John (N.B.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
New Brunswick > Saint John.
Canada
Gender Studies
Gender studies - women
General
History
History of the Americas
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Biographies.
Diaries.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Ida Martin, Her Diaries, and Diary Conventions
  • "Getting By" in Postwar Saint John
  • Longshoring, Direct Action, and "Being Bad": A Working-Class Woman‧s Perspectives on Working-Class Masculinities
  • Dump Trucks and "Chevys": Gender, Class, and Motor Vehicles in Working-Class Life and Culture
  • Sociability: Ida's Worlds
  • Assessing the Social and Political Engagement of an "Ordinary" Woman
  • Textual Representations and Interventions: Widowhood and Old Age
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index

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