Embroidering lives : women's work and skill in the Lucknow embroidery industry /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wilkinson-Weber, Clare M. (Clare Megan)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1999.
Series:SUNY series in the anthropology of work.
Subjects:
Women embroidery industry employees > India > Lucknow.
White work embroidery > India > Lucknow.
Broderie blanche > Inde > Lucknow.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
White work embroidery.
Women embroidery industry employees.
India > Lucknow.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 Chikan in Historical Context 1
  • Chapter 2 The Division of Labor 25
  • Chapter 3 Embroiderers in Social Perspective 59
  • Chapter 4 Work and Wages 87
  • Chapter 5 Skill and Knowledge in Fine Chikan Embroidery 123
  • Chapter 6 Development Schemes and State Patronage 157.

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