Stitching identities in a free trade zone : gender and politics in Sri Lanka /

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By analyzing how Sri Lankan free trade zone factory workers claim political subjectivity and revealing a vibrant subaltern political universe where they can express alternative perspectives, Stitching Identities in a Free Trade Zone challenges conventional notions about marginalized women at the bot...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hewamanne, Sandya
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2008.
Series:Contemporary ethnography.
Subjects:
Free trade > Sri Lanka.
Sex role > Sri Lanka.
Women > Sri Lanka > Economic conditions.
Women > Sri Lanka > Social conditions.
Women migrant labor > Sri Lanka.
Travailleuses migrantes > Sri Lanka.
Femmes > Sri Lanka > Conditions sociales.
Femmes > Sri Lanka > Conditions économiques.
Rôle selon le sexe > Sri Lanka.
Libre-échange > Sri Lanka.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
Free trade
Sex role
Women > Economic conditions
Women migrant labor
Women > Social conditions
Sri Lanka
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Summary:By analyzing how Sri Lankan free trade zone factory workers claim political subjectivity and revealing a vibrant subaltern political universe where they can express alternative perspectives, Stitching Identities in a Free Trade Zone challenges conventional notions about marginalized women at the bottom of the global economy.
Item Description:OldControl:muse9780812202250.
Physical Description:1 online resource (287 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-274) and index.
ISBN:9780812202250
0812202252
1283890763
9781283890762

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