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Author:

Scott, William, 1968-

Title:

Troublemakers : power, representation, and the fiction of the mass worker / William Scott.

Publisher:

Rutgers University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

x, 284 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Working class in literature.
American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Power (Social sciences) in literature.
Labor movement in literature.
Work in literature.
Social conflict in literature.

Other Authors:

American Literatures Initiative.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Part one: The making of the mass worker. The powerless worker and the failure of political representation : "the lowest and most degraded of human beasts"; The empowered worker and the technological representation of capital : "out of this furnace, this metal." Part two: Strategy and structure at the point of production. The disempowering worker and the aesthetic representation of industrial unionism: "I am the book that has no end!" ; The powerful worker and the demand for economic representation: "they planned to use their flesh, their bones, as a barricade" -- Conclusion: Making trouble on a global scale.

Series:

American literatures initiative

ISBN:

0813551900 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780813551906 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813551897 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813551890 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)709890434

LCCN:

2011010861

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)