The labor of speech
Sound and productive affect in the Ymca's speech pedagogy for immigrant industrial workers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21740738 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zornitsa Keremidchieva (0009-0007-6998-7033, University of Minnesota, corresponding author), Zornitsa D Keremidchieva (University of Minnesota) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 339-354 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1535-8593 • E-ISSN: 1535-8593 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15358593.2020.1829016 |
| OpenAlex | W3127143043 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This essay recovers the communication pedagogy that the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) developed as part of their outreach to immigrant men in the industries in the early-20th-century U.S.A. It brings into focus how the YMCA's teaching techniques negotiated the relation between labor and labor power by configuring sound, speech, and class subjectivity in a way that put in motion a form of productive affect. From this material history, the essay prompts reflection on the ways that sound continues to configure ever-shifting modes of productivity and exploitation, inviting scholars to critically consider the role of communication pedagogy in the evolving contexts of capitalism
Acoustics · Capitalism · Economic growth · Epistemology · Immigration · Outreach · Political science · Politics · Productivity · Sociology · Subjectivity · Asian American and Pacific Histories · Communication · Gender Studies · Law · Race, History, and American Society
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |