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Men at Work /

This film depicts the daily working life of one of the few remaining institutions in Austria that still employs only men. They are responsible for a 39 km stretch of Austria's biggest highway and transit route, the A1. Inspired by the poem of a road worker, the film explores masculinity, danger...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Moderbacher, Christine, 1982- (Director)
Format: Video
Language:German
Language Notes:In German.
Published: Manchester : Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, University of Manchester, 2010.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Highway engineering > Austria.
Highway departments > Austria > Employees.
Men > Employment > Austria.
Masculinity > Austria.
Sex role in the work environment > Austria.
Technique routière > Autriche.
Voirie (Administration) > Autriche > Personnel.
Hommes > Travail > Autriche.
Masculinité > Autriche.
Rôle selon le sexe en milieu de travail > Autriche.
Highway departments > Employees
Highway engineering
Masculinity
Men > Employment
Sex role in the work environment
Austria
Ethnographic films
Ethnographic films.
Films ethnographiques.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:This film depicts the daily working life of one of the few remaining institutions in Austria that still employs only men. They are responsible for a 39 km stretch of Austria's biggest highway and transit route, the A1. Inspired by the poem of a road worker, the film explores masculinity, danger and camaraderie between 35 men.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed November 04, 2016).
Physical Description:1 online resource (32 min.)
Playing Time:00:32:17