Dirty work : cultural iconography and working-class pride in industrial apprenticeships.

Autor/in	Pleasant, Emma
Titel	Dirty work : cultural iconography and working-class pride in industrial apprenticeships. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Schmutzige Arbeit. Kulturelle Ikonografie und der Stolz der Arbeiterklasse in industriellen Ausbildungsverhältnissen.
Quelle	In: The British journal of sociology, 70 (2019) 5, S. 2116-2132 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0007-1315; 1468-4446
DOI	10.1111/1468-4446.12703
Schlagwörter	Klassenbewusstsein; Sozialer Wert; Identitätsbildung; Sozialisation; Schiffbau; Arbeiterbewusstsein; Arbeiterklasse; Betriebsstilllegung; Deindustrialisierung; Unternehmenskultur; Beruf; Berufliche Identität; Körperliche Arbeit; Industriearbeiter; Betriebliche Berufsausbildung; Auszubildender; Mann; Großbritannien
Abstract	"In the seemingly routine and the everyday, lie layers of cultural and social symbolism. So it is with dirt. This article examines the social and cultural roles of dirt within socialization practices in working-class industrial and ex-industrial communities. Drawn from oral history accounts with 46 former and current engineering apprentices, the discussion demonstrates dirt as a concept and a practicality, and how the idea of 'getting dirty' provided a cultural imagery used to renegotiate moral boundaries that devalue working class, masculine experiences and identities. Building on from the work of Skeggs (1997, 2004, 2011), it demonstrates the lived experience of value within the industrial workplace past and present. Through dirt, the role of cultural artefacts and iconography within working-class experience and workplace training is explored. Additionally, the role of a cultural icon like dirt in the intergenerational dialogues of workplace communities is given new attention. In doing so the article argues that while after decades of underinvestment in apprenticeships as a model for training in the UK, a recent resurgence in interest can go some way in overcoming the long-term effects of the loss of large-scale industrial work. However, the cultures of work attached to the apprenticeships of the past are, within deindustrialization, much more complicated to develop or recreate." (Author's abstract, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2020/1