Wobblies, Pile Butts, and Other Heroes

Wobblies, Pile Butts, and Other Heroes
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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Total Pages : 586
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ISBN-10 : 0252019636
ISBN-13 : 9780252019630
Rating : 4/5 (630 Downloads)

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Download or read book Wobblies, Pile Butts, and Other Heroes written by Archie Green and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this culmination of his half-century of involvement with American workers and their traditions, Archie Green explores occupational expression - stories, songs, customs, beliefs, artifacts - on the job and in institutions such as trade unions. Combining ethnographic description with analysis drawn from folklore, history, literary criticism, art history, linguistics, and philosophy, Green presents ten case studies in which he reflects on single words as social texts ("Wobbly", "fink") and clustered words within anecdotes, tales, and ballads ("John Henry", Homestead's strike songs, job yarns about cuckoldry and sexual impotence, and pile-driving traditions, for example). Drawing on Green's own experience as a shipwright and carpenter, the book will appeal both to workers curious about their history and traditions and to academicians who study the workforce and labor process.


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