America's workers have been singing, reciting, performing, telling
stories, writing, and publishing for more than three centuries.
Ranging from early colonial times to the present, American
Working-Class Literature presents more than 300 literary texts that
exemplify this tradition. It demonstrates how American working
people live, labor, struggle, express themselves, and give meaning
to their experiences both inside and outside of the workplace. The
only book of its kind, this groundbreaking anthology includes work
not only by the industrial proletariat but also by slaves and
unskilled workers, by those who work unpaid at home, and by workers
in contemporary service industries. As diverse in race, gender,
culture, and region as America's working class itself, the
selections represent a wide range of genres including fiction,
poetry, drama, memoir, oratory, journalism, letters, oral history,
and songs. Works by little-known or anonymous authors are included
alongside texts from such acclaimed writers as Frederick Douglass,
Upton Sinclair, Tillie Olsen, Philip Levine, Maxine Hong Kingston,
and Leslie Marmon Silko. A rich selection of contemporary writing
includes Martin Espada's poem "Alabanza" about the September 11,
2001, attack on the World Trade Center.
American Working-Class Literature is organized chronologically
into seven sections that highlight key historical and cultural
developments in working-class life. The book is enhanced by an
editors' introduction, section introductions, and individual head
notes for each selection that provide biographical and historical
context. A timeline of working-class history, rich illustrations,
sidebars, reading lists, and a bibliography ofcritical commentary
are also included. This unique volume is ideal for courses in
American literature, cultural and working-class studies, and labor
history.
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