Managing Dirt: Disciplines of Cleanliness and Contamination at a Kentucky Auto Parts Factory.
A legacy of coal mining and manufacturing work in Appalachia has linked regional working-class identity and perceptions of the region to shared experiences of dangerous and stigmatised dirty work. At the same time, manufacturing work here increasingly relies on computerised machinery, systematised p...
| Publicado en: | Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology Vol. 85; no. 5; pp. 777 - 799 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2020
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