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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464249403321

Autore

Ong Aihwa

Titolo

Spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline [[electronic resource] ] : factory women in Malaysia / / Aihwa Ong ; introduction by Carla Freeman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2010

ISBN

1-4384-3356-5

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in the anthropology of work

Disciplina

306.3609595

Soggetti

Peasants - Malaysia - Selangor

Social change

Working class - Malaysia - Selangor

Women electronic industry workers - Malaysia - Selangor

Economic anthropology - Malaysia - Selangor

Electronic books.

Selangor Rural conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Spirits of Resistance and Capitalist Discipline""; ""Spirits of Resistance and Capitalist Discipline""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""PART I: Capitalist Development and Cultural Experience""; ""Chapter 1: Spirits and Discipline in Capitalist Transformation""; ""Chapter 2: Malay Peasants from Subsistence to Commodity Production""; ""PART II: The Kampung Society of Coastal Selangor""; ""Chapter 3: Tropical Confluences: Rural Society, Capital, and the State""; ""Chapter 4: Sungai Jawa: Differentiation and Dispersal""

""Chapter 5: Domestic Relations: The Reconfiguration of Family Life""""Chapter 6: Marriage Strategies: Negotiating the Future""; ""Part III: Neophyte Factory Women in Late Capitalism""; ""Chapter 7: The Modern Corporation: Manufacturing Gender Hierarchy""; ""Chapter 8: Neophyte Factory Women and the Negative Image""; ""Chapter 9: Spirits of Resistance""; ""Chapter 10: Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""