It's a Working Man's Town: Male Working-Class Culture - Couverture souple

Dunk, Thomas W.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0773513043 ISBN 13 : 9780773513044

Editeur : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1991

Synopsis

In an 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. Dunk begins with a critical review of the principal theoretical problems relating to the study of working-class culture and consciousness, and the classical responses to these problems. He then provides a detailed ethnographic analysis of "the boys" - the male working-class group that is the subject of this study. The author;s acquaintance with this group allows him to use conversations from a series of weekend binges and lob-ball games to connect theory with actual experience. Male working-class culture, Dunk argues, is two-pronged. Working-class men actively construct sets of meanings and values in opposition to what they see as the dominant culture. This resistance, however, involves a celebration of immediate experience and common-sense which limits its critical potential and makes it fertile ground for consumerism, sexism and racism. Male working-class culture therefore, contains both the seeds of a radical response to social inequality and a defensive reaction against alternative social practices and ideas.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0773513043
• ISBN 13: 9780773513044
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
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• Personne responsable: non disponible