The Centrality of the Workplace and Class Consciousness in the US South: The New Orleans Community Studies

IF 1.7 Q2 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR Journal of Labor and Society Pub Date : 2024-06-27 DOI:10.1163/24714607-bja10154
Cody R. Melcher, Joseph van der Naald
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The popular and scholarly imagination considers Americans—especially those from the US South—to be averse to working-class politics. The South, in particular, is regarded as having especially low levels of class consciousness, hopelessly mired in racist or racialized ideologies which effectively eliminate the possibility of working-class solidarity. This article problematizes these conclusions by presenting the results of a series of studies conducted in New Orleans, Louisiana. Interviews with activists and community leaders, as well as two representative surveys of the city find that New Orleanians are remarkably class conscious, and almost universally regard the workplace as the central social system for determining their overall well-being. These findings are contextualized in Louisiana’s oft-ignored labor history, and contrasted with the currently en vogue “white working class” literature.

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美国南方工作场所的中心地位与阶级意识:新奥尔良社区研究
大众和学术界都认为美国人--尤其是美国南方的美国人--厌恶工人阶级政治。尤其是南方,他们被认为阶级意识特别淡薄,无可救药地陷入种族主义或种族意识形态的泥潭,从而有效地消除了工人阶级团结的可能性。本文通过介绍在路易斯安那州新奥尔良市进行的一系列研究结果,对上述结论提出了质疑。对活动家和社区领袖的访谈以及对该市进行的两项代表性调查发现,新奥尔良人的阶级意识非常强烈,几乎普遍认为工作场所是决定其整体福祉的核心社会体系。这些发现与路易斯安那州常被忽视的劳工历史相结合,并与当前流行的 "白人工人阶级 "文献形成对比。
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