02932nam 2200697 a 450 991045192450332120200520144314.00-8166-5411-5(CKB)1000000000482420(EBL)328372(OCoLC)476125651(SSID)ssj0000265502(PQKBManifestationID)11222012(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000265502(PQKBWorkID)10312356(PQKB)10360515(MiAaPQ)EBC328372(OCoLC)191734895(MdBmJHUP)muse40002(Au-PeEL)EBL328372(CaPaEBR)ebr10212623(CaONFJC)MIL525840(EXLCZ)99100000000048242020060922d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUnraveling the garment industry[electronic resource] transnational organizing and women's work /Ethel C. BrooksMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20071 online resource (281 p.)Social movements, protest, and contention series ;v. 27Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-4486-1 0-8166-4485-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.List of acronyms -- Introduction -- Children, schools, and labored questions -- Organizing in times of (post)war -- The ideal of transnational organizing -- Disciplining bodies -- Women first? -- Living proof -- Epilogue: gender and the work of branding -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.Unraveling the Garment Industry investigates the politics of labor and protest within the garment industry. Focusing on three labor rights movementsÑagainst GAP clothing in El Salvador, child labor in Bangladesh, and sweatshops in New York CityÑEthel C. Brooks examines how transnational consumer protest campaigns effect change, sometimes with unplanned penalties for those they intend to protect.Anti-sweatshop movementProtest movementsInternational cooperationWomenDeveloping countriesSocial conditionsWomenDeveloping countriesEconomic conditionsWorking class womenSocial conflictElectronic books.Anti-sweatshop movement.Protest movementsInternational cooperation.WomenSocial conditions.WomenEconomic conditions.Working class women.Social conflict.331.4/25Brooks Ethel Carolyn908600MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451924503321Unraveling the garment industry2032113UNINA