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Navigating through a Sea of Blue-Collar Presuppositions
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Muhar, Jenette |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | In his book Working Class: Challenging Myths about Blue Collar Labor, Jeff Torlina explores how different workers answer these questions, along with many others relating to blueand white-collar workers, and seeks to provide ideas to form the basis for new norms from which a more equal class system may emerge. The language of the book is not purely academic, and the ideas apply to a wide range of thinkers—not just researchers, but anyone who is interested in learning about working-class distinctions in America. As he tells the stories of the workers—stories based on his interviews and personal research—it becomes clear that Torlina has a unique perspective. He has lived on both sides of the story: after becoming a skilled craftsman in construction, an industry in which he worked for 20 years, including the time he spent earning a Ph.D. in sociology, he went on to hold an academic position at Utah Valley University. As he worked in construction, he gained trust seldom given to other researchers. He then used that trust to interview other blue-collar workers, in the end obtaining a more realistic perspective than those provided by pure academicians. In sum, he has been able to use both aspects of his career to examine multiple perspectives of an issue that is often told from only one side. Jenette Muhar muhar.jenette@bls.gov |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2016/book-review/pdf/navigating-through-a-sea-of-blue-collar-presuppositions.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
