Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 Digging In: Coping with Sexualized Work Relations 21
7. 2 From Red Cap to Coal Miner: Adaptation and Advancement Underground 61
8. 3 Ours in Solidarity: Women Miners and the umwa 103
9. 4 Over the Long Haul: Accommodation and Resistance to the Culture of Coal Mining 135
10. Epilogue 169
11. Appendix: Fieldwork and Profiles of the Study 179
12. References 195
13. Index 207