The Resource Semi queer : inside the world of gay, trans, and black truck drivers, Anne Balay
Semi queer : inside the world of gay, trans, and black truck drivers, Anne Balay
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The item Semi queer : inside the world of gay, trans, and black truck drivers, Anne Balay represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- 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. The narratives of minority and queer truckers underscore the working-class struggle to earn a living while preserving one's safety, dignity, and selfhood. Through the voices of drivers from marginalized communities who spend eleven- to fourteen-hour days hauling America's commodities in treacherous weather and across mountain passes, Semi Queer reveals the stark differences between the trucking industry's crushing labor practices and the perseverance of its most at-risk workers
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Isbn
- 9781469647104
- Label
- Semi queer : inside the world of gay, trans, and black truck drivers
- Title
- Semi queer
- Title remainder
- inside the world of gay, trans, and black truck drivers
- Statement of responsibility
- Anne Balay
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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. The narratives of minority and queer truckers underscore the working-class struggle to earn a living while preserving one's safety, dignity, and selfhood. Through the voices of drivers from marginalized communities who spend eleven- to fourteen-hour days hauling America's commodities in treacherous weather and across mountain passes, Semi Queer reveals the stark differences between the trucking industry's crushing labor practices and the perseverance of its most at-risk workers
- Cataloging source
- Midwest
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- hoopla (Digital media service)
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Balay, Anne
- Dewey number
- 306.76/60973
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
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- Trucking
- Truck drivers
- African Americans
- Transgender people
- Women truck drivers
- Gays
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Semi queer : inside the world of gay, trans, and black truck drivers, Anne Balay
- Link
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- MWT12259256
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
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- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Isbn
- 9781469647104
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- c
- Publisher number
- MWT12259256
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 12259256
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Label
- Semi queer : inside the world of gay, trans, and black truck drivers, Anne Balay
- Link
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- MWT12259256
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
-
- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Isbn
- 9781469647104
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- c
- Publisher number
- MWT12259256
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 12259256
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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