Disposable Women and Other Myths of Global Capitalism (Perspectives on Gender)
Pun Ngai conducted ethnographic work at an electronics factory in southern China’s Guangdong province, in the Shenzhen special economic zone where foreign-owned factories are proliferating. For eight months she slept in the employee dormitories and worked on the shop floor alongside the women whose lives she chronicles. Pun illuminates the workers’ perspectives and experiences, describing the lure of consumer desire and especially the minutiae of factory life. She looks at acts of resistance and transgression in the workplace, positing that the chronic pains—such as backaches and headaches—that many of the women experience are as indicative of resistance to oppressive working conditions as they are of defeat. Pun suggests that a silent social revolution is underway in China and that these young migrant workers are its agents.
Country | USA |
Brand | Duke University Press |
Manufacturer | Duke University Press Books |
Binding | Paperback |
ItemPartNumber | 9781932643008 |
ReleaseDate | 2005-04-05 |
UnitCount | 1 |
Format | Illustrated |
EANs | 9781932643008 |