Castoffs of capital : work and love among garment workers in Bangladesh /

"Dispelling stereotypes about garment workers in the global apparel industry Castoffs of Capital examines how female garment workers experience their work and personal lives within the stranglehold of global capital. Drawing on fieldwork in Bangladesh, anthropologist Lamia Karim focuses attenti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Karim, Lamia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2022]
Temas:
Women clothing workers > Bangladesh.
Clothing trade > Bangladesh.
Capitalism > Bangladesh.
Travailleuses du vêtement > Bangladesh.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
Capitalism
Clothing trade
Women clothing workers
Bangladesh
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Toward an ethnography of older factory women
  • The disorder of work and life
  • The age of excitement : the rise of the garment industry in Bangladesh
  • The arc of change : factory, family, and class
  • Changing norms of romance, marriage, and sexuality
  • After work : life in the shadows of capital
  • Conclusion: Politics of the precariat
  • Epilogue: After death : a body without a home.

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