Mining memories: reading coalfield autobiographies |
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Abstract: | This article examines unpublished coal miners’ autobiographies. The reading of the texts was complemented by ethnography, oral testimony and archival research. The narratives reveal continuities and ruptures in experiences of the workplace, the domestic sphere and industrial politics. Miners’ identity is explored through collective memory, language, song, humour, sexuality, and the body. |
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