Juki Girls, Good Girls : : Gender and Cultural Politics in Sri Lanka's Global Garment Industry / / Caitrin Lynch.
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 to resist the characterization of "Juki...
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Year of Publication: | 2016 |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (296 p.) :; 6 halftones |
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