Getting by in Hard Times: Gendered Labour at Home and on the Job - Couverture souple

Corman, June; Luxton, Meg

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0802071473 ISBN 13 : 9780802071477

Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2001

Synopsis

Getting By in Hard Times describes the experiences of daily life for predominantly white, working class women and men during the period of "economic restructuring" begun in the 1980s. Luxton and Corman show how the shift from a pattern where women were full-time housewives and men were income earners, to one where women are increasingly income earners as well, is altering the experience of everyday life

Based on a case study conducted from 1980 to 1996, of households where one person was employed at Stelco's manufacturing plant in Hamilton, Ontario, the book examines how working class families make a living by combining paid employment and unpaid domestic labour. During this period of government cutbacks the loss of secure employment for men (as the steel plant cut its labour force by about two-thirds), combined with women's increasing participation in the labour force, resulted in lower standards of living, reduced income, and the imposition of more unpaid work on family households.

Getting By in Hard Times examines how growing insecurities undermined class politics while increasing gender, racial, and ethnic tensions. By focusing on the daily coping strategies of white working class women and men, the book shows the human face of changing gender, race, and class politics in Canada.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

June Corman is Professor of Sociology at Brock University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0802071473
• ISBN 13: 9780802071477
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 360
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• Personne responsable: non disponible