Latinas on the Line provides a compelling analysis and historical and theoretical grounding of the oral histories, never before seen, of Latina information workers in the Bell System from their entrance in 1973 to their retirements by 2015. Author Melissa Villa-Nicholas demonstrates the importance of Latinas of the field of telecommunications through their own words and uses supporting archival research to provide an overview of how Latinas engage and remember a critical analysis of their work place, information technologies, and the larger globalized economy and shifting borderlands through their intersectional identities as information workers. The book offers a rich and engaging portrait of the critical history of Latinas in telecommunications, from their manual to automated to digitized labor.
| ISBN: | 9781978813724 |
| Publication date: | 14th January 2022 |
| Author: | Melissa VillaNicholas |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 158 pages |
| Series: | Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States |
| Genres: |
Gender studies: women and girls Ethnic studies Labour / income economics Media, entertainment, information and communication industries Social and cultural history |