Scott, William, 1968-

Troublemakers power, representation, and the fiction of the mass worker / [electronic resource] : Power, representation, and the fiction of the mass worker William Scott. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2012. - x, 284 p. : ill. - American literatures initiative .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Working class in literature.
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Power (Social sciences) in literature.
Labor movement in literature.
Work in literature.
Social conflict in literature.


Electronic books.

PS374.W64 / S36 2012

813/.5209352623