The Lace Makers of Narsapur
Spinifex Press (Verlag)
978-1-74219-814-9 (ISBN)
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The Lace Makers of Narsapur is a sensitive and groundbreaking study of women at the beginning of the process of globalisation. Maria Mies examines the way in which women are used to produce luxury goods for the Western market and simultaneously not counted as workers or producers in their fragmented workplaces. Instead they are defined as ‘non-working housewives’ and their work as ‘leisure-time activity’. The rates of pay are far below acceptable levels resulting in accelerating pauperisation and a rapid deterioration in their position in Indian society. The latest ‘economic boom’ in India was preceded by dispossession of farmers through the ‘green revolution’ and, alongside it, the dispossession of women, the lace makers of Narsapur in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Maria Mies is a German scholar and activist who lives in Cologne. She is the author of numerous groundbreaking works on women and globalisation.
Preface to the 2012 Edition; Preface to the 1982 Edition; Introduction; The Setting: West Godavari; Population Characteristics & Work Participation; Poverty & Pauperisation in a Rich District; Womens Work Participation in West Godavari; Unemployment; 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; The Lace Industry in 1978; Structure of the Industry; A Submerged Economy & Invisible Producers; Means of Production & the Production Process; Division of Work & the Putting-Out System; Wages & Wage Systems; Marketing & Marketing Agents; Production & Reproduction Relations; The Setting & Methodology; Case Histories of Lace Producers, Agents, Traders, Exporters; Female Producers: The Lace Makers; Male Non-Producers: Agents, Traders & Exporters; Demographic & Socio-Economic Characteristics of the Lace Makers; Marital Status; Class; Caste; Education; Production Relations; Lace Workers/Exporters; Lace Workers/Agents; Lace Workers/Traders; Agents/Exporters; Reproduction Relations; Division of Labour Between the Sexes; Sexual Division of Labour within Society; Sexual Division of Labour within the Family; Lace Production & Changes in the Sexual Division of Labour; Womens Work & Labour Time; The Working Day of a Lace Maker; Types of Work; Labour Time; Income & Expenditure; Indebtedness & Pauperisation; Profits & Exploitation; Problems of Organisation; The Lace Workers Consciousness; The Possibility of Forming a Society; The Role of the Bureacracy; Our Role; Conclusions; Suggestions; Bibliography.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 11.5.2021 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 1 Halftones, black and white |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 136 x 215 mm |
| Gewicht | 280 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-74219-814-7 / 1742198147 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-74219-814-9 / 9781742198149 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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