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Working gendered boundaries : temporary migration experiences of Bangladeshi women in the Malaysian export industry from a multi-sited perspective / Anja Rudnick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rudnick, Anja.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emigration and immigration.
- Malaysia--Emigration and immigration.
- Malaysia.
- Bangladesh--Emigration and immigration.
- Bangladesh.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (317 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This study explores the short term migration of Bangladeshi women to Malaysia to work in labour intensive, export oriented factories, and considers the consequences of their decision to migrate.
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2: ENGENDERING MIGRATION THEORY; CHAPTER 3: THE SENDING AND THE RECEIVING COUNTRY: BANGLADESH AND MALAYSIA; CHAPTER 4: THE FIELD SETTING: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES REGARDING GENDER-SENSITIVE RESEARCH; CHAPTER 5: WHY MIGRATE?; CHAPTER 6: FROM DESIRE TO DECISION AND DEPARTURE; CHAPTER 7: WORKING IN MALAYSIA'S EXPORT INDUSTRY: CONDITIONS AND WAGES; CHAPTER 8: LIVING IN MALAYSIA: NEGOTIATING TWO CULTURES; CHAPTER 9: BACK IN BANGLADESH: A NEW BEGINNING?; CHAPTER 10: CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; SUMMARY; SAMENVATTING
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-04-077837-2
- 1-003-70985-0
- 1-04-078351-1
- 1-282-12914-7
- 9786612129148
- 90-485-0874-6
- 9781003709855
- OCLC:
- 429510984
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000311598
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