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On the Line: Slaughterhouse Lives and the Making of the New South, Ri PB+=
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- Condition
- PublishedOn
- 2016-01-19
- ISBN
- 9780520282964
- EAN
- 9780520282964
- Book Title
- On the Line : Slaughterhouse Lives and the Making of the New South
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, Social Science
- Topic
- Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Agriculture / Animal Husbandry, Emigration & Immigration, Labor, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 270 Pages
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"How does one put into words the rage that workers feel when supervisors threaten to replace them with workers who will not go to the bathroom in the course of a fourteen-hour day of hard labor, even if it means wetting themselves on the line?" --From the Preface In this gutsy, eye-opening examination of the lives of workers in the New South, Vanesa Ribas, working alongside mostly Latino/a and native-born African American laborers for sixteen months, takes us inside the contemporary American slaughterhouse. Ribas, a native Spanish speaker, occupies an insider/outsider status there, enabling her to capture vividly the oppressive exploitation experienced by her fellow workers. She showcases the particular vulnerabilities faced by immigrant workers--a constant looming threat of deportation, reluctance to seek medical attention, and family separation--as she also illuminates how workers find connection and moments of pleasure during their grueling shifts. Bringing to the fore the words, ideas, and struggles of the workers themselves, On The Line underlines how deep racial tensions permeate the factory, as an overwhelmingly minority workforce is subject to white dominance. Compulsively readable, this extraordinary ethnography makes a powerful case for greater labor protection, especially for our nation's most vulnerable workers.
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Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520282965
ISBN-13
9780520282964
eBay Product ID (ePID)
215323088
Product Key Features
Book Title
On the Line : Slaughterhouse Lives and the Making of the New South
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Agriculture / Animal Husbandry, Emigration & Immigration, Labor, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, Social Science
Number of Pages
270 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Hd8083.N8r53 2016
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A tremendously well-written book and model of rich and rigorous ethnographic scholarship that makes important contributions to the literatures on work and immi- grant incorporation in the contemporary US South.
Table of Content
List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction - Lives on the Line: Carving Out a New South 2. All Roads Lead From Olancho to Swine's: The Making of a Latino/A Working Class in the American South 3. The Meanings of Moyo: The Transnational Roots of Shop-Floor Racial Talk 4. "Painted Black": Oppressive Exploitation and Racialized Resentment 5. The Value of Being Negro, the Cost of Being Hispano: Disposability and the Challenges for Cross-Racial Solidarity in the Workplace 6. Black, White, and Latino/A Bosses: How theComposition of the Authority Structure Mediates Perceptions of Privilege and the Experience of Subordination 7. Exclusion or Ambivalence?: Explaining African Americans' Boundary-Work 8. Conclusion - Prismatic Engagement: Latino/a and African American Workers' Encounters in a Southern Meatpacking Plant Notes Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2016
Lccn
2015-019374
Dewey Decimal
331.6/209756
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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