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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Scott, William, 1968-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2012]
Series:	American literatures initiative
Subjects:	Social conflict in literature. Work in literature. Labor movement in literature. Power (Social sciences) in literature. American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. Working class in literature. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of 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.