Producing workers :
Fernandes, Leela.
Producing workers : the politics of gender, class, and culture in the Calcutta jute mills / Leela Fernandes. - Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1997. - xvi, 199 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Critical histories .
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-194) and index.
1. Introduction
2. Hegemonic Inventions of the "Working Class": The State, Unions, and Workers
3. Shop-floor Politics and the Production of the Labor Market
4. Manufacturing Community: Rituals of Hegemony and Resistance
5. Gender, Community, and the Making of a Worker's Public Sphere
6. Stories of Survival: Location, Difference, and the Identities of Women Workers
7. Conclusion: The Politics of Categories.
Using the jute mills of Calcutta as a case study, this book reveals that these interconnections play a fundamental role in shaping both the political actions of workers and the representation of their interests.
9780812215977 (pbk.) 0812233727 (cloth : alk. paper) 0812215974 (paper : alk. paper)
96006524
Jute industry workers--India--Kolkata.
Women--Employment--India--Kolkata.
Discrimination in employment--India--Kolkata.
331.20477130954147 FER / 005479
Producing workers : the politics of gender, class, and culture in the Calcutta jute mills / Leela Fernandes. - Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1997. - xvi, 199 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Critical histories .
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-194) and index.
1. Introduction
2. Hegemonic Inventions of the "Working Class": The State, Unions, and Workers
3. Shop-floor Politics and the Production of the Labor Market
4. Manufacturing Community: Rituals of Hegemony and Resistance
5. Gender, Community, and the Making of a Worker's Public Sphere
6. Stories of Survival: Location, Difference, and the Identities of Women Workers
7. Conclusion: The Politics of Categories.
Using the jute mills of Calcutta as a case study, this book reveals that these interconnections play a fundamental role in shaping both the political actions of workers and the representation of their interests.
9780812215977 (pbk.) 0812233727 (cloth : alk. paper) 0812215974 (paper : alk. paper)
96006524
Jute industry workers--India--Kolkata.
Women--Employment--India--Kolkata.
Discrimination in employment--India--Kolkata.
331.20477130954147 FER / 005479