The Hobo Anomalous: class, minorities and political invention in the Industrial Workers of the World.
This article is an analysis of minority political invention in the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Against the tendency in recent social and cultural theory to dichotomize class and difference, it argues that it was in and through the IWW's formulation of class that minority political and cul...
| Publicado en: | Social Movement Studies Vol. 2; no. 1; pp. 61 - 85 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Apr2003
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