Hands: Physical Labor, Class, and Cultural Work

by Janet Zandy

Book Overview

What are two hands worth?
In linking forms of cultural expression to labor, occupational injuries, and deaths, Hands: Physical Labor, Class, and Cultural Work centers what is usually decentered--the complex culture of working-class people. Janet Zandy begins by examining the literal loss of lives to unsafe jobs and occupational hazards. She asks critical and timely questions about worker representation--who speaks for employees when the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813534356
• ISBN13: 9780813534350
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.2"