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" Semi queer : "
Anne Balay.
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BL
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850234
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Balay, Anne
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Semi queer : : inside the world of gay, trans, and black truck drivers /\ Anne Balay.
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| Publication Statement
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Chapel Hill :: The University of North Carolina Press,, [2018]
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1 online resource
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| ISBN
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1469647109
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: 1469647117
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: 9781469647104
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: 9781469647111
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9781469647098
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Starting : whoop 'n' ride : why people choose trucking, and how they prepare -- Rolling : sailboat races : the web of regulations that shape the work of trucking -- Stopping : getting loaded : customers, shippers, receivers -- Rolling : drag and fly : race, racism, and trucking -- Stopping : Jesus, take the wheel : road accidents, PTSD, and fear -- Rolling : grabbing gears : the appeal of constant motion, especially to gay, black, and trans drivers -- Stopping : the pickle park : truck stops and rest areas -- Rolling : draggin' ass : persistence and endurance are working-class values -- Stopping : what's your twenty? : Locating the queer trucker's body.
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| Abstract
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Long-haul trucking is linked to almost every industry in America, yet somehow the working-class drivers behind big rigs remain largely hidden from public view. Gritty, inspiring, and often devastating oral histories of gay, transsexual, and minority truck drivers allow award-winning author Anne Balay to shed new light on the harsh realities of truckers' lives behind the wheel. A licensed commercial truck driver herself, Balay discovers that, for people routinely subjected to prejudice, hatred, and violence in their hometowns and in the job market, trucking can provide an opportunity for safety, welcome isolation, and a chance to be themselves - even as the low-wage work is fraught with tightening regulations, constant surveillance, danger, and exploitation.
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African Americans-- United States.
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Gays-- United States.
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Transgender people-- United States.
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Truck drivers-- United States.
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Trucking-- United States-- Social conditions.
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Women truck drivers-- United States.
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African Americans.
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Gays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Gay Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.
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Transgender people.
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Truck drivers.
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Women truck drivers.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.76/60973
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HQ76.3.U5B355 2018
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