Producing Workers: The Politics of Gender, Class, and Culture in the Calcutta Jute Mills / Edition 1

by Leela Fernandes

Overview

As the politicization of cultural identities—based on religion, ethnicity, gender, race—has come to play a central role in shaping relations between and among peoples, issues of difference raise unsettling questions about how identities overlap and group interests are represented. Using the jute mills of Calcutta as a case study, Leela Fernandes reveals that these interconnections play a fundamental role in shaping both the political actions of workers and the representation of their interests.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780812215977
Publisher:	University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Publication date:	04/01/1997
Series:	Critical Histories
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.67(d)

Editorial Reviews

"Producing Workers elegantly and poignantly illuminates the complex interplay between working class politics, gender, and cultural identities within the confines of Calcutta's jute mills. . . . A fascinating and important study of identity politics in contemporary India."

Journal of Asian History

"Producing Workers elegantly and poignantly illuminates the complex interplay between working class politics, gender, and cultural identities within the confines of Calcutta's jute mills. . . . A fascinating and important study of identity politics in contemporary India."—Journal of Asian History

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