Gendering Globalization on the Ground
The Limits of Feminized Work for Mexican Women's Empowerment
How has globalization worked for women working on the frontlines of neoliberalism on the Mexico-US border? This border divides &quote;US&quote; from &quote;Others,&quote; and produces social inequalities that form a site where marginalized border women encounter the othering power of neoliberalism and confront inequalities of gender and class. Within this context, a critical comparison of socially similar women, working either in export production industries or in small-scale commerce and low-level services in Ciudad Juarez, reveals how export factory work constrains women's empowerment at home - as well as the wages they earn…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-317-61021-2
- EAN: 9781317610212
- Produktnummer: 17511649
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 260 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 4'756 KB
- Abbildungen: 13 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 13 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 28 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
Gay Young is Associate Professor of Sociology at American University, and was Director of AU's Program in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies for eight years.
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