Buch
Monografie
Stitching identities in a free trade zone : gender and politics in Sri Lanka
Verfasst von:
Hewamanne, Sandya
Philadelphia, Pa.:
University of Pennsylvania Press
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2008
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287 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Frauensolidarität | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Hewamanne, Sandya |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Contemporary ethnography
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| Jahr: | 2008 |
| Maße: | 23cm |
| ISBN: | 0812221125 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| Anthropologist Sandya Hewamanne spent time in a Sri Lankan free trade zone (FTZ) working and living among the workers to learn about their lives. "They were poor women from rural areas," Hewamanne writes, "who migrated to do garment work in transnational factories of a global assembly line. Their difficult work routines and sad living conditions have been examined in detail. When I was with them I often wondered whether anyone noticed the smiles, winks, smirks, gestures, tones of voice, the movies they saw, or the songs they sang." Hewamanne deftly weaves theories of identity, globalization, and cultural politics throughout her detailed accounts of the workers' efforts to negotiate ever shifting roles and expectations of gender, class, and sexuality. By analyzing how these workers claim political subjectivity, Hewamanne's Stitching Identities in a Free Trade Zone challenges conventional notions about women at the bottom of the global economy. The book offers a fascinating journey through the vibrant subaltern universe of Sri Lankan female migrant workers, from the FTZ factory shop floor to boarding houses, from urban movie theaters to temples and beaches and back to their native rural villages. | |
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Formerly CIP Literaturverz. 267 - 274 S. |
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