Disposable Women and Other Myths of Global Capitalism

By Melissa Wright

Book Overview

This book explains how young women workers around the world eventually turn into living forms of waste. Disposable Women and Other Myths of Global Capitalism follows this myth inside the global factories and surrounding cities in northern Mexico and in southern China, illustrating the crucial role the tale plays in maintaining not just the constant flow of global capital, but the present regime of transnational capitalism.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415951453
• ISBN13: 9780415951456
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"