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9780801445569

Juki Girls, Good Girls

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  • ISBN13:

    9780801445569

  • ISBN10:

    0801445566

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-05-01
  • Publisher: Ilr Pr
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Summary

When a government program brought garment factories to rural Sri Lanka, women workers found themselves caught between the pressures of a globalizing economy and societal expectations that villages are sanctuaries of tradition. These women learned quickly

Table of Contents

Rohini : young women and garment lifep. 19
Globalization, gender, and laborp. 21
Chintap. 51
Localizing productionp. 55
Mala : the truth about women workers at garment factoriesp. 87
The politics of white women's underwearp. 91
Geetap. 121
Juki girls, good girls, and the village contextp. 125
Sitap. 161
The good girls of Sri Lankan modernityp. 165
Geeta : untitledp. 201
Paternalism and factory conflictsp. 203
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