Stitching Identities in a Free Trade Zone: Gender and Politics in Sri Lanka

by Sandya Hewamanne

Book Overview

Anthropologist Sandya Hewamanne spent time in a Sri Lankan free trade zone (FTZ) working and living among the workers to learn about their lives. "They were poor women from rural areas," Hewamanne writes, "who migrated to do garment work in transnational factories of a global assembly line. Their difficult work routines and sad living conditions have been examined in detail. When I was with them I often wondered whether anyone noticed the smiles,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812221125
• ISBN13: 9780812221121
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"