Made in Egypt : gendered identities and aspirations on the globalised shopfloor / by Leila Zaki Chakravarti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chakravarti, Leila Zaki, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clothing trade--Egypt.

Clothing trade.

Women clothing workers--Egypt.

Women clothing workers.

Clothing workers--Egypt.

Clothing workers.

Organizational behavior.

Organizational sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations (some color), photographs, maps, charts

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] ; Oxford, [England] : Berghahn Books, 2016.

Summary:

This ground-breaking ethnography of an export-orientated garment assembly factory in Egypt examines the dynamic relationships between its managers – emergent Mubarak-bizniz (business) elites who are caught in an intensely competitive globalized supply chain – and the local daily-life realities of their young, educated, and mixed-gender labour force. Constructions of power and resistance, as well as individual aspirations and identities, are explored through articulations of class, gender and religion in both management discourses and shop floor practices. Leila Chakravarti’s compelling study also moves beyond the confines of the factory, examining the interplay with the wider world around it.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations, Maps and Figures

Acknowledgements

A Note on Transliteration

The Nile Delta

Chapter 1 The factory as crucible

Chapter 2 Firm as family – control and resistance

Chapter 3 Shop floor as marketplace – love and consumption

Chapter 4 Daughters of the factory – discipline and nurture

Chapter 5 Globalised takeover – performance and resistance

Chapter 6 Domination and resistance

Appendix: The Fashion Express workforce

Select Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80758-669-3

1-78533-078-0

OCLC:

993698749