Intersectional class struggle : theory and practice / Michael Beyea Reagan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reagan, Michael Beyea, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social classes--History.

Social classes.

Working class--History--21st century.

Working class.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (146 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Chico, California : AK Press, [2021]

Summary:

This innovative study, explores the relevance of class as a theoretical category in our world today, arguing that leading traditions of class analysis have missed major elements of what class is and how it operates. It combines instersectional theory and materialism to show that culture, economics, ideology, and consciousness are all factors that go into making "class" meaningful. Using a historical lens, it studies the experiences of working class peoples, from migrant farm workers in California's central valley, to the "factory girls" of New England, and black workers in the South to explore the variety of working-class experiences. It investigates how the concepts of racial capitalism and black feminist thought, when applied to class studies and popular movements, allow us to walk and chew gum at the same time-to recognize that our movements can be diverse and particularistic as well as have elements of the universal experience shared by all workers. Ultimately, it argues that class is made up of all of us, it is of ourselves, in all our contradiction and complexity.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781849354134

1849354138

OCLC:

1245667001