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    • Labor History
    • Feminist Technology Studies
    • Cultural Analysis

    Background:

    • Construction machines have historically been central to skilled trades in North America.
    • The operating engineers' labor identity is examined from the late 19th to mid-20th centuries.
    • Previous studies have not fully explored the gendered and racialized symbolism of these machines.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To analyze how construction machines embodied and reinforced white masculine labor identities.
    • To investigate the symbolic gendering of machines (maternal, monstrous, boyish).
    • To demonstrate how human-machine relationships functioned as gendered and racialized constructs.

    Main Methods:

    • Drawing on feminist technology studies.
    • Utilizing cultural analysis.
    • Examining literature, propaganda, and labor publications.

    Main Results:

    • Construction machines were symbolically gendered to naturalize male dominance in skilled trades.
    • Human-machine relationships were depicted as gendered and racialized constructs.
    • Machine imagery played a key role in co-constructing gender and power.

    Conclusions:

    • The historical imagery of construction machines reinforced specific labor identities.
    • Gender and power dynamics were embedded in the cultural understanding of technology.
    • This research enriches labor and technology histories by highlighting symbolic machine roles.