Working construction : why white working-class men put themselves--and the labor movement--in harm's way / Kris Paap.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paap, Kris, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Construction workers--United States--Attitudes.

Construction workers.

Working class men--United States--Attitudes.

Working class men.

Men, White--United States--Attitudes.

Men, White.

Masculinity--United States.

Masculinity.

Construction industry.

Industrial safety.

United States.

Construction industry--United States--Safety measures.

Physical Description:

xi, 235 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2006.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-226) and index.

ISBN:

0801444675

0801472865

OCLC:

62782140

Publisher Number:

9780801444678

9780801472862