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Hands: Physical Labor, Class, and Cultural Work

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Hands: Physical Labor, Class, and Cultural Work - Zandy, Janet
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What are two hands worth? In linking forms of cultural expression to labor, occupational injuries, and deaths, Hands: Physical Labor, Class, and Cultural Work centers what is usually decentered--the complex culture of working-class people. Janet Zandy begins by examining the literal loss of lives to unsafe jobs and occupational hazards. She asks critical and timely questions about worker representation--who speaks for employees when the mills, mines, factories, and even white-collar cubicles shut down? She presents the ...

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Hands: Physical Labor, Class, and Cultural Work 2004, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ

ISBN-13: 9780813534350

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