Fleeting Opportunities

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  • Fleeting Opportunities Book Detail

  • Author : Amy Kesselman
  • Release Date : 2016-02-24
  • Publisher : State University of New York Press
  • Genre : Social Science
  • Pages : 214
  • ISBN 13 : 1438408854
  • File Size : 9,9 MB

Fleeting Opportunities by Amy Kesselman PDF Summary

Book Description: This book tells the story of the daily lives of women industrial workers in World War II shipyards. It focuses on their struggle against the persistence of occupational segregation, the sexual and racial hierarchy of the shipyard work force, and the pervasive emphasis on female sexuality which served as a constant reminder that women were transient and marginal imposters. In addition, Fleeting Opportunities demonstrates that despite the myth that these women yearned to return to their kitchens, in fact many wanted to continue using their wartime skills in the postwar period. However, finding themselves excluded from jobs by union and management, those who continued to work ended up in low-paying, predominantly female occupations.

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