Disputes around leisure time and spaces of sociability: railway workers and alcohol consumption in early 20th Century Argentina

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Keywords:

Railroad workers, sociability, alcohol, unions, gender

Abstract

This article examines the relationship between railway workers and alcohol in Argentina during the first decades of the twentieth century. It focuses on the consumption practices and spaces, as well as the critical discourses and disputes that occurred within the trade union sphere. Specifically, it investigates how alcohol consumption and sociability practices among railway workers were influenced by gender tensions, norms, and societal expectations that assigned men and women to distinct roles and positions. Moreover, it explores how these gender dynamics shaped their involvement in anti-alcohol campaigns and initiatives.

Author Biography

Florencia D'Uva , Universidad de Buenos Aires

Professor of History and PhD in History from the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Buenos Aires, she is a member of the Institute for Research in Gender Studies of this Faculty and the Argentine Association for Research in Women's History and Gender Studies. Specialist in social history and gender studies, her research topics are inscribed in the studies of the world of work, women's history and masculinities.

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Published

2024-06-17

Issue

No. 109 (2024)

Section

Estudios