Live Wire: Women and Brotherhood in the Electrical Industry (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781592137374)

Ina"Live Wire," Francine Moccio brings to life forty years of public policy reform and advocacy that have failed to eliminate restricted opportunities for women in highly paid, skilled blue-collar jobs. Breaking barriers into a male-only occupation and trade, women electricians have found career opportunities in nontraditional work. Yet their efforts to achieve gender equality have also collided with the prejudice and fraternal values of brotherhood and factors that have ultimately derailed women's full inclusion.

By drawing instructive comparisons of womenOCOs entrance into the electriciansOCO trade and its union with those of black and other minority men, MoccioOCOs in-depth case study brings new insights into the ways in which divisions at work along the lines of race, gender, and economic background enhance and/or inhibit inclusion. Incorporating research based on extensive primary, secondary, and archival resources, a"Live Wire"acontributes a much-needed examination of how sex segregation is reproduced in blue-collar occupations, while also scrutinizing the complex interactions of work, unions, leisure, and family life.

Author: Francine A. Moccio
ISBN-10: 1592137377
ISBN-13: 9781592137374
Publisher: Temple University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2009
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 10/02/2009 pg. 18
Choice 02/01/2010