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Modernization and effeminization in India : Kerala cashew workers since 1930 / Anna Lindberg.

Title
Modernization and effeminization in India : Kerala cashew workers since 1930 / Anna Lindberg.
Author
Lindberg, Anna.
Publication
Copenhagen : NIAS ; London : Taylor & Francis, 2003.

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Nordic Institute of Asian Studies.
Description
200 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
"The South Indian state of Kerala is well known for its progressive policy, high social indicators, and comparatively high women's status. Processes of modernization, however, have had an ambiguous impact on women, as shown in this study of female cashew factory workers in Kerala, which combines meticulous historical investigation with anthropological research, including a wealth of in-depth interviews. The author traces changes since the 1930s in gender relations among low-caste men and women by examining processes of modernization in the organization of work, trade union activities, and ideologies regarding marriage and family life. Her main conclusion is that women have obtained better absolute conditions at work and in society but - due to a process of effeminization - they are now looked upon as weaker and more dependent on men than in earlier decades."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
Nordic Institute of Asian Studies monograph series ; no. 95
Uniform Title
Nordic Institute of Asian Studies monograph series ; no. 95.
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Women employees > Kerala > Social conditions > 20th century
  • Sex role > Kerala
  • Cashew nut industry > Kerala > Employees
  • Kerala (India) > Social conditions > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Map of Kerala -- 1. Prologue -- 2. Historical background -- 3. Gender in the workplace -- 4. Caste in the workplace -- 5. Gender discourses and wages -- 6. Trade unions, consciousness, and the 'others' -- 7. Marriage, money, and identity.
ISBN
8791114217
OCLC
  • 52783906
  • SCSB-11662251
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library