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Getting by on the minimum : the lives of working class women / Jennifer Johnson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2002Description: 1 online resource (266 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781135298883 (electronic bk.)
  • 1135298882 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Getting by on the minimumDDC classification:
  • 305.48/9623/0973 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ1421 .J65 2002eb
Other classification:
  • 71.68
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. The meaning of work and class -- 3. Life on the job -- 4. Can't get no satisfaction -- 5. What work means -- 6. Work (f)or family -- 7. The work of caring -- 8. Growing up poor in postwar America -- 9. Dropping out -- 10. What will I be -- 11. Getting by on the minimum.
Summary: Jennifer Johnson profiles the real-life stories of more than sixty women who have no college education, are married with kids, and earn an average of $16,000 per year, giving us an important window into a large, poorly understood segment of our society. Through the words of these women, Johnson captures the essence of women's working-class experience: from job stagnation, low self-esteem, and social isolation to camaraderie among coworkers, loyalty to one's roots, and even pride in a job well done. This book offers a study of the difference class makes in women's lives, as well as the problems, restrictions, and rewards common to all women.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-259) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. The meaning of work and class -- 3. Life on the job -- 4. Can't get no satisfaction -- 5. What work means -- 6. Work (f)or family -- 7. The work of caring -- 8. Growing up poor in postwar America -- 9. Dropping out -- 10. What will I be -- 11. Getting by on the minimum.

Jennifer Johnson profiles the real-life stories of more than sixty women who have no college education, are married with kids, and earn an average of $16,000 per year, giving us an important window into a large, poorly understood segment of our society. Through the words of these women, Johnson captures the essence of women's working-class experience: from job stagnation, low self-esteem, and social isolation to camaraderie among coworkers, loyalty to one's roots, and even pride in a job well done. This book offers a study of the difference class makes in women's lives, as well as the problems, restrictions, and rewards common to all women.

Description based on print version record.

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