Manhood on the Line : Working-Class Masculinities in the American Heartland Hardback
by Stephen Meyer
Part of the Working Class in American History series
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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.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:15/04/2016
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- ISBN:9780252040054
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:15/04/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9780252040054
