Boys and their Toys: Masculinity, Class and Technology in America (Hagley Perspectives on Business and Culture)
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (761 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0415929334 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Negotiating the divide between "respectable manhood" and "rough manhood" this book explores masculinity at work and at play through provocative essays on labor unions, railroads, vocational training programs, and NASCAR racing.
Mohun, author of Steam LaundriesBoys and Their Toys? invites us to think about the making of men in a fresh new way -- masculinity is constructed not only through our relations with one another, but in the things we make, the places we make them, and the ways those places are organized. -- Ava Baron, editor of WorkEngenderedThis sterling collection falls together like a kaleidoscopic pattern to reveal a rich and nuanced tale of life on the shop floor. The collection certainly demonstrates the tremendous expansion of historical research on American men, manhood, and masculinity. -- Joshua B. -- Michael Kimmel, author of Manhood in AmericaBoys and Their Toys? brings to life the worlds of male work and play, so often sanitized in our histories. -- Alice Kessler-Harris, author of In Pursuit of EquityBoys and Their Toys? invites us to think about the making of men in a fresh ne
. He is author of Negro and White Unite: A Social HistoryIndustrial Unionism in Meatpacking, and is editor of Hisand Hers: Gender Consumption, and Technology. Roger Horowitz is the associate director of the Hagley Museum and Library's Center for the History of Business, Technology and Society in Wilmington, Delaware
A Good Collection of Essays on Gender and Technology "Boys and their Toys," a great title that describes well the subject of this book, is a collection of essays on originally presented at a conference at the Hagley Museum. All of the essays present aspects of technology and masculinity and focus at some level on the role of the workplace. Divided into three major sections--"Manhood in the Workplace," "Learning to Be Men," and "Manhood at Play"--it offers ten chapters on a range of subjects. All of these essays present interesting perspectives on the role of gender in technology and society. Among my personal favorites are Janet Davidson's "`Now We Have Girls in the Office