1st Edition
Women Workers on Strike Narratives of Southern Women Unionists
Gender, class, and culture merge in the lived experiences of women on strike in the South. This book examines women unionists’ life histories through the lens of narrative analysis, interpreting their multiple perspectives as four coherent discourse communities: social activists, union feminists, women martyrs, and women whose identities are defined by their work in non-traditional fields.
Table of Contents
Ch. 1 The Fabric of Hope and Resistance
Ch. 2 A Feminist Working-Class Narrative Study
Ch. 3 "Good as a Man": Identity [Re]formation in Male-Dominated Jobs
Ch. 4 "I Had to Constantly Fight": Solidarity and Social Activism
Ch. 5 "I Just Couldn’t Say No": Self-Abnegation and Sacrifice
Ch. 6 "I Do the Politics": Union Feminism and Social Justice
Ch. 7 Global Solidarity: The Warp and Weft of Change
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Roxanne Newton
"This book is an excellent cross-reference of gender and class, focusing on the conflict between traditional working-class women, with “theories of caring” and “selfeffacement and loss,” and unionism." -- Labor Studies Journal
