Manhood on the Line

Working-Class Masculinities in the American Heartland

AvStephen Meyer

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Engelska, 2016

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Stephen Meyer charts the complex vagaries of men reinventing manhood in twentieth century America. Their ideas of masculinity destroyed by principles of mass production, workers created a white-dominated culture that defended its turf against other racial groups and revived a crude, hypersexualized treatment of women that went far beyond the shop floor. At the same time, they recast unionization battles as manly struggles against a system killing their very selves. Drawing on a wealth of archival material, Meyer recreates a social milieu in stunning detail--the mean labor and stolen pleasures, the battles on the street and in the soul, and a masculinity that expressed itself in violence and sexism but also as a wellspring of the fortitude necessary to maintain one''s dignity while doing hard work in hard world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-04-15
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9780252098253
Förlag:University of Illinois Press

Utforska kategorier

Samhälle och kultur inom Samhälle och politik
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Arbetsmarknaden inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Mer om författaren

Stephen Meyer is an emeritus professor of history at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. His books include The Five Dollar Day: Labor Management and Social Control in the Ford Motor Company, 1908–1921.

Recensioner i media

Book of the Year, International Labor History Association, 2016— International Labor History Association

Innehållsförteckning

CoverTitleContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Forms and Meanings of Working-Class Manhood1Lost Manhood: Mass Production and Auto Worker Masculinity2Reclaiming Manhood: Shop Culture, Industrial Unionism, and the Derogation of Women, 1920s and 193"Rats, Finks, and Stool Pigeons": The Disreputable Manhood of Factory Spies in the 1920s and 1934Fighting to Provide: The Battle to Organize the Ford River Rouge Plant, 1930–19455Fashioning Dense Masculine Space: Industrial Unionism and Altered Shop-Floor Relations, 1935–19606The Female "Invasion": Women and the Male Workplace, 1940–1945 7The Challenge to White Manhood: Black Men and Women Move to White Male Jobs, 1940–1945Conclusion: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the SameAbbreviationsNotesIndex