Working Construction : Why White Working-Class Men Put Themselves-and the Labor Movement-in Harm's Way /

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Kris Paap worked for nearly three years as a carpenter's apprentice on a variety of jobsites, closely observing her colleagues' habits, expressions, and attitudes. As a woman in an overwhelmingly male-and stereotypically "macho"--Profession, Paap uses her experiences to reveal th...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Paap, Kris, 1968-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2006.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Masculinity.
Construction workers > Attitudes.
Construction industry > Safety measures.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Construction > Industrie > Securite > Mesures > États-Unis.
Masculinite > États-Unis.
Blancs > États-Unis > Attitudes.
Hommes de la classe ouvriere > États-Unis > Attitudes.
Ouvriers de la construction > États-Unis > Attitudes.
Construction industry > United States > Safety measures.
Masculinity > United States.
Men, White > United States > Attitudes.
Working class men > United States > Attitudes.
Construction workers > United States > Attitudes.
United States.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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