LEADER 04033nam 2200541Ia 450 001 9910779500103321 005 20230802005606.0 010 $a1-74219-811-2 010 $a1-74219-808-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000000107760 035 $a(EBL)952666 035 $a(OCoLC)798536060 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC952666 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL952666 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10580360 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000107760 100 $a20120802d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 14$aThe lace makers of Narsapur$b[electronic resource] $eIndian housewives produce for the world market /$fMaria Mies 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aNorth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia $cSpinifex Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (246 p.) 225 0 $aFeminist classics 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-306-02469-2 311 $a1-74219-814-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aFront Cover; About the Author; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the 2012 edition; Preface to the 1982 edition; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The Setting - West Godavari; Population Characteristics and Work Participation; Poverty and Pauperisation in a Rich District; Women's Work Participation in West Godavari; Unemployment; 3. The History of the Lace Industry; Colonial Penetration; The Development of the Lace Industry, 1900-70; The Rise of the Farmer Merchants in the Lace Business; 4. The Lace Industry in 1978; 5. Structure of the Industry; A 'Submerged Economy' and Invisible Producers 327 $aMeans of Production and the Production ProcessDivision of Work and the Putting-out System; Wages and Wage Systems; Marketing and Marketing Agents; 6. Production and Reproduction Relations; The Setting and Methodology; Case Stories of Lace Producers, Agents, Traders, Exporters; (a) Female Producers: The Lace Makers; (b) Male Non-Producers: Agents, Traders, Exporters; Demographic and Socio-Economic Characteristics of the Lace Makers; (a) Marital Status; (b) Class; (c) Caste; (d) Education; Production Relations; (1) Lace Workers/Exporters; (2) Lace Workers/Agents; (3) Lace Workers/Traders 327 $a(4) Agents/ExportersReproduction Relations; Division of Labour Between the Sexes; (1) Sexual Division of Labour within Society; (2) Sexual Division of Labour within the Family; (3) Lace Production and Changes in the Sexual Division of Labour; Women's Work and Labour Time; (a) The Working Day of a Lace Maker; (b) Types of Work; (c) Labour Time; Income and Expenditure; (a) Income; (b) Expenditure; Indebtedness and Pauperisation; 7. Profits and Exploitation; 8. Problems of Organisation; The Lace Workers' Consciousness; The Possibility of Forming a Society; The Role of the Bureaucracy; Our Role 327 $a9. ConclusionsSuggestions; Bibliography; Appendix: Adilakshmi's Working Day; Back Cover 330 $aA sensitive and groundbreaking study of women, this examination of globalization in India provides a fascinating case study of its effects on female workers in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Originally published in 1982, the book is an important insight into a group dispossessed before the recent economic boom in India. It details the way in which women have been used to produce luxury goods for the Western market while they are not counted as workers or producers in their fragmented workplaces. Instead, these women are defined as nonworking house 606 $aWomen lace makers$zIndia$zNarsa?pur 606 $aLace and lace making$zIndia$zNarsa?pur 606 $aSexual division of labor$zIndia$zNarsa?pur 615 0$aWomen lace makers 615 0$aLace and lace making 615 0$aSexual division of labor 676 $a305.4/677 700 $aMies$b Maria$0518702 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779500103321 996 $aThe lace makers of Narsapur$93698038 997 $aUNINA