Women on the Line
by Glucksmann Aka Ruth Cavendish, MiriamPub. Date: 2009-02-11
Publisher(s): Taylor & Francis
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Summary
Women on the Line is a pioneering ethnographic classic of the world of work in a British motor components factory. Miriam Glucksmann, a well-known contributor to the study of gender, work and employment, is here revealed as the author. The book addresses enduring issues of ethnicity, gender and class in global manufacturing.
Table of Contents
| Introduction to 2008 edition: From experience to reflection: changes and continuities in womenÆs work | |
| Preface to 1982 edition: Freedom of speech | |
| A Factory Job | |
| The Company | |
| Jobs on the Line | |
| Getting to know the Women | |
| Arlene | |
| Rosemary | |
| Together on the Line | |
| Anna | |
| Josey | |
| Life Outside | |
| The division of Labour | |
| The dictatorship of Production | |
| Speed up | |
| Control of the Line | |
| Doing Time | |
| Physical Survival | |
| Bonus and Wages | |
| The Union and the Dispute | |
| The Union | |
| The Dispute Starts | |
| The Main Assembly Slows Down | |
| Suspension û the Other Manual Workers Join Us | |
| Women in the Machine Shop | |
| Divided and Defeated | |
| Return to Work | |
| What to Make of It? | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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