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Juki Girls, Good Girls : Gender and Cultural Politics in Sri Lanka's Global Garment Industry.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (296 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781501705007
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Juki Girls, Good GirlsDDC classification:
  • 331.4/8
LOC classification:
  • HD6073
Online resources:
Contents:
Juki Girls, Good Girls -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Rohini: Young Women and Garment Life -- 1. Globalization, Gender, and Labor -- Chinta -- 2. Localizing Production -- Mala: The Truth about Women Workers at Garment Factories -- 3. The Politics of White Women's Underwear -- Geeta -- 4. Juki Girls, Good Girls, and the Village Context -- Sita -- 5. The Good Girls of Sri Lankan Modernity -- Geeta: Untitled -- 6. Paternalism and Factory Conflicts -- Conclusion -- Glossary and Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Caitrin Lynch shows how contemporary Sri Lankan women navigate a complex web of political, cultural, and socioeconomic forces. Lynch details precisely how gender, nationalism, and globalization influence everyday life in Sri Lanka.
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Juki Girls, Good Girls -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Rohini: Young Women and Garment Life -- 1. Globalization, Gender, and Labor -- Chinta -- 2. Localizing Production -- Mala: The Truth about Women Workers at Garment Factories -- 3. The Politics of White Women's Underwear -- Geeta -- 4. Juki Girls, Good Girls, and the Village Context -- Sita -- 5. The Good Girls of Sri Lankan Modernity -- Geeta: Untitled -- 6. Paternalism and Factory Conflicts -- Conclusion -- Glossary and Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Caitrin Lynch shows how contemporary Sri Lankan women navigate a complex web of political, cultural, and socioeconomic forces. Lynch details precisely how gender, nationalism, and globalization influence everyday life in Sri Lanka.

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