Homeworkers in Global Perspective : Invisible No More.: Invisible No More. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Boris, Eileen
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Part One Overview; 1 Introduction Elisabeth Prügl and Eileen Boris; 2 Sexual Divisions, Gender Constructions The Historical Meaning of Homework in Western Europ and the United States Eileen Boris; 3 Home-Based Producers in Development Discourse Elisabeth Prügl; Part Two The Homework Experience Housewives, Mothers, and Workers; 4 Space, Gender, and Work Home-Based Workers in Mexico Faranak Miraftab; 5 Within the Walls Home-Based Work in Lahore Anita M. Weiss. 6 "Good Housewives" Seamstresses in the Brazilian Garment Industry Alice Rangel de Paiva Abreu and Bila Sorj7 "Bibi Khanum" Carpet Weavers and Gender Ideology in Iran Zohreh Ghavamshahidi; 8 Home-Based Work as a Rural Survival Strategy A Central Javanese Perspective Dewi Haryani Susilastuti; 9 Finland Is Another World The Gendered Time of Homework Minna Salmi; Illustrations; Part Three Divergent Responses State Policies and Homeworker Organizing; 10 Making Cadillacs and Buicks for General Motors Homework as Rural Development in the Midwestern United States Christina Gringeri. 11 Biases in Labor Law A Critique from the Standpoint of Home-Based Workers Elisabeth Prügl12 "Feminization Through Flexible Labor" The Political Economy of Home-Based Work in India Jeanne Hahn; 13 Organizing Homeworkers into Unions The Homeworkers' Association of Toronto, Canada Alexandra Dagg; 14 Women's Empowerment in the Making The Philippine Bid for Social Protection Lucita Lazo; 15 Making Links The Growth of Homeworker Networks Jane Tate; Bibliography; Index; Contributors.
• Publisher Details: Florence, UNITED STATES : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (257)
• Subjects: 331.3; Home labor; Home labor -- Government policy; Home-based businesses; Home-based businesses; Home labor; Home labor -- Government policy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317722069; 9781317722052; 1317722051; 9781317722045; 1317722043
• Related ISBNs: 131772206X; 9780415910071
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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