Naslov
Industry forging masculinity. “Tough men”, hard labour and aspects of class identity

Autori
Matošević, Andrea

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Skup
Crisis and imagination (panel: Class, Crisis and Anthropology: the place of class in understanding the discipline and the world), 11th EASA Biennal Conference

Mjesto i datum
Maynooth, Irska, 24.08.2010. - 27.08.2010

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
Industry; tough men; progressive folklore

Sažetak
Hard-working men in a heavy industry milieu - e.g. shipyards, mines and metallurgy, have developed a specific attitude towards unhealthy, difficult and often very poorly paid jobs which created the very core of their masculine identity. A high tolerance of danger and a propensity to take a wide range of risks was part of and parcel of macho working culture which was often developed in defiance of resistance to a menagerial one. This is why it must be seesn as part of Gramsci's propulsive concept of popular culture opposing the hegemonic one which is "born inside the factories" ; i.e. "tough men" (and women e.g. Stakhanovism) were tje industrial version of "progressive folklore". These virilities and manhood postures are largely constructed in workers' relations with each other, with their employers and with women. Here a fourth element should be introduced, which influenced their self-perception and perception of their class identity - an 'outsider's point of view'.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Etnologija i antropologija

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