ISBN:
9780415522984
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (308 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Women at the Threshold of Globalisation
DDC:
305.40954
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
The popular perception of globalisation is rooted in its image of dissolving senses of distance and boundaries. It is so preoccupied with the technology that enables globalisation that little attention is paid to questions of 'how' and 'where' the circuits of globalisation actually get realised. This book attempts a more nuanced view of globalisation by focusing on its less-explored, non-technological dimensions. It examines the transformation of the woman worker - from a rural woman to an urban one, from a dependent daughter, wife and mother to an earning member, and from a homemaker to a fa
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Boundaries of Globalisation; Method; 2. A Resource Centre in a Global Circuit; Conceptualising Globalisation; From effects to causes; Processes and conditions; Circuits; The Global Garment Circuit and Bangalore; Bangalore's garment workers; 3. The Woman in the Worker; Daughter; Mobile monitors; Rebellion; Wife; Marrying young; Work and religious groups; Sharing income; Mother; The right to wed; Women in charge; Child; The English-knowing child; Aspirations for the child; Of Uncertainty and Spirits
Description / Table of Contents:
The Power of the Family4. Migrating to Work; The Migrant Woman Worker; A distance not too far; The decision to migrate; Extended temporariness; The family; All-women households; The Job; Finding work; Changing jobs; Living with work; Migration Capital of a Family; 5. The Factory Gate as a Border Post; Labour Standards; Wages; Alienation; The supervisor; Unions; Health; The Factory Gate as a Border Post; 6. Living Beyond the Boundary; The House; Living; The husband; Family and Viable Household Size; The crowded home; The Collective Household and the Collective Family
Description / Table of Contents:
7. Falling Back on IdentityThe Burqa as Identity; The Limits of Individuality; The Collective Dimension; Television and Identity; Hierarchy of Identities; The City Identity; Political Identity; Class Identities; Identity and Place; 8. Missing Pieces; A Woman Worker's Boundaries; Temporariness, Aspirations and the Collective Family; Towards a Comprehensive Perception of Globalisation; Bibliography; About the Authors; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
