Women on the Line is a pioneering ethnographic classic of the
world of work in a British motor components factory. Miriam
Glucksmann (aka Ruth Cavendish), a well-known contributor to the
study of gender, work and employment, is for the first time
revealed as the author, along with the identity of the company,
product and factory.
Recording the experience of migrant women from Ireland, the
Caribbean, and the Indian subcontinent with the immediacy of a
diary, this is a unique account from an observing participant of
the daily routines of repetitive work, a strike led by women from
below, and the temporalities of work, home, children and leisure.
Glucksmann's vivid narrative of life on the assembly line is
combined with an analysis of the intersections of gender, ethnicity
and class that prefigures subsequent theoretical advances.
This edition contains a new introduction situating the book in
contemporary debates and developments and includes original
photographs taken on the shop floor at the time.
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