Matthew L. Basso
Meet Joe Copper
- ISBN 13:
- 9780226044194
- author:
- Matthew L. Basso
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 360
- Dimensions:
- 22.61 x 15.24 x 2.29 centimetres
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Gender Studies,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The male experience of working and living in wartime America is rarely examined. In "Meet Joe Copper", Matthew L. Basso sheds light on the formation of a powerful, white, working-class masculine ideology in the decades prior to World War II. The book explores how this ideology thrived among first- and second-generation immigrant copper workers in Montana, influencing their practices and beliefs both on the job and in the community. Basso's work provides a crucial counter-narrative to the dominant story of Rosie the Riveter and GI Joe, offering a fresh perspective on gender, class, and the formation of a white ethnic racial identity. By examining the home front during World War II, "Meet Joe Copper" offers valuable insights into postwar masculinity and whiteness. This book returns the men of the home front to our reckoning of the Greatest Generation and the New Deal era, providing a context for understanding these pivotal moments in American history.
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