ISBN:
9781742198088
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (246 pages)
Edition:
2nd ed.
Series Statement:
Feminist classics
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.4/677
Keywords:
Women lace makers -- India -- Narsapur
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Lace and lace making -- India -- Narsapur
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Sexual division of labor -- India -- Narsapur
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Lace and lace making ; India ; Narsāpur
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Sexual division of labor ; India ; Narsāpur
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Women lace makers ; India ; Narsāpur
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
A sensitive and groundbreaking study of women, this examination of globalization in India provides a fascinating case study of its effects on female workers in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Originally published in 1982, the book is an important insight into a group dispossessed before the recent economic boom in India. It details the way in which women have been used to produce luxury goods for the Western market while they are not counted as workers or producers in their fragmented workplaces. Instead, these women are defined as nonworking housewives and their work as leisure activity. With rates of pay far below acceptable levels, pauperization is accelerated and their position in Indian society rapidly deteriorates. An invaluable analysis with implications on the global stage, the case of the lace makers continues to instruct on the real impact of industrial development.
Abstract:
Front Cover -- About the Author -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the 2012 edition -- Preface to the 1982 edition -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Setting - West Godavari -- Population Characteristics and Work Participation -- Poverty and Pauperisation in a Rich District -- Women's Work Participation in West Godavari -- Unemployment -- 3. The History of the Lace Industry -- Colonial Penetration -- The Development of the Lace Industry, 1900-70 -- The Rise of the Farmer Merchants in the Lace Business -- 4. The Lace Industry in 1978 -- 5. Structure of the Industry -- A 'Submerged Economy' and Invisible Producers -- Means of Production and the Production Process -- Division of Work and the Putting-out System -- Wages and Wage Systems -- Marketing and Marketing Agents -- 6. Production and Reproduction Relations -- The Setting and Methodology -- Case Stories of Lace Producers, Agents, Traders, Exporters -- (a) Female Producers: The Lace Makers -- (b) Male Non-Producers: Agents, Traders, Exporters -- Demographic and Socio-Economic Characteristics of the Lace Makers -- (a) Marital Status -- (b) Class -- (c) Caste -- (d) Education -- Production Relations -- (1) Lace Workers/Exporters -- (2) Lace Workers/Agents -- (3) Lace Workers/Traders -- (4) Agents/Exporters -- Reproduction Relations -- Division of Labour Between the Sexes -- (1) Sexual Division of Labour within Society -- (2) Sexual Division of Labour within the Family -- (3) Lace Production and Changes in the Sexual Division of Labour -- Women's Work and Labour Time -- (a) The Working Day of a Lace Maker -- (b) Types of Work -- (c) Labour Time -- Income and Expenditure -- (a) Income -- (b) Expenditure -- Indebtedness and Pauperisation -- 7. Profits and Exploitation -- 8. Problems of Organisation -- The Lace Workers' Consciousness -- The Possibility of Forming a Society.
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Cover; About the Author; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the 2012 edition; Preface to the 1982 edition; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The Setting - West Godavari; Population Characteristics and Work Participation; Poverty and Pauperisation in a Rich District; Women's Work Participation in West Godavari; Unemployment; 3. The History of the Lace Industry; Colonial Penetration; The Development of the Lace Industry, 1900-70; The Rise of the Farmer Merchants in the Lace Business; 4. The Lace Industry in 1978; 5. Structure of the Industry; A 'Submerged Economy' and Invisible Producers
Description / Table of Contents:
Means of Production and the Production ProcessDivision of Work and the Putting-out System; Wages and Wage Systems; Marketing and Marketing Agents; 6. Production and Reproduction Relations; The Setting and Methodology; Case Stories of Lace Producers, Agents, Traders, Exporters; (a) Female Producers: The Lace Makers; (b) Male Non-Producers: Agents, Traders, Exporters; Demographic and Socio-Economic Characteristics of the Lace Makers; (a) Marital Status; (b) Class; (c) Caste; (d) Education; Production Relations; (1) Lace Workers/Exporters; (2) Lace Workers/Agents; (3) Lace Workers/Traders
Description / Table of Contents:
(4) Agents/ExportersReproduction Relations; Division of Labour Between the Sexes; (1) Sexual Division of Labour within Society; (2) Sexual Division of Labour within the Family; (3) Lace Production and Changes in the Sexual Division of Labour; Women's Work and Labour Time; (a) The Working Day of a Lace Maker; (b) Types of Work; (c) Labour Time; Income and Expenditure; (a) Income; (b) Expenditure; Indebtedness and Pauperisation; 7. Profits and Exploitation; 8. Problems of Organisation; The Lace Workers' Consciousness; The Possibility of Forming a Society; The Role of the Bureaucracy; Our Role
Description / Table of Contents:
9. ConclusionsSuggestions; Bibliography; Appendix: Adilakshmi's Working Day; Back Cover;
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