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Steam, Diesel and Masculinity at the New South Wales Eveleigh Railway Workshops
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10249360 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L Taksa (0000-0002-0532-2573, UNSW Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 79-97 |
| Publication date | 2005-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Transport History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-5266 • E-ISSN: 1759-3999 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.7227/tjth.26.2.5 |
| OpenAlex | W1987995813 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
The case of the New South Wales Eveleigh Railway Workshops is examined to study the working conditions and everyday lives of their employees. The paper attempts to understand the impact the shift from steam to diesel locomotion by reviewing oral and literary narratives. The author concludes that the steam locomotion defined and confirmed the masculine identify, while the switch to diesel undermined that assumption. It appears that the move to diesel locomotion required less skill, and so the position was less valued than it was under when the employees were working with steam
Aesthetics · Art · Business · Diesel fuel · Literature · Narrative · Position (finance · Sociology · Australian History and Society · Automotive Engineering · Crafts, Textile, and Design · Engineering · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Finance · History · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,26 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |