It's a Working Man's Town Male Working-Class Culture in Northwestern Ontario
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In a valuable addition to the debate on the nature of contemporary working-class culture, Thomas Dunk examines the ordinary weekend pursuits of working-class males in his home town of Thunder Bay, Ontario. He shows that the function and meaning of gender, ethnicity, popular leisure activities, and common-sense knowledge are intimately linked with the way an individual's experience is structured by class. After reviewing the principal theoretical problems relating to the study of working-class culture and consciousness, Dunk provides a detailed ethnographic analysis of "the Boys" - the male working-class subjects of this study. Male working-class culture, he argues, contains both the seeds of a radical response to social inequality and a defensive reaction against alternative social practices and ideas.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780773508613 |
Publisher: | McGill-Queen's University Press |
Imprint: | McGill-Queen's University Press |
Pub date: | 15 Oct 2002 |
DEWEY: | 305.5620971312 |
DEWEY edition: | 20 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 191 |
Weight: | 488g |
Height: | 228mm |
Width: | 154mm |
Spine width: | 20mm |