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Author Yelvington, Kevin A., 1960-

Title Producing power : ethnicity, gender, and class in a Caribbean workplace / Kevin A. Yelvington
Published Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1995

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 286 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents List of Tables and Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Foreword by M. Patricia Fernández-Kelly; Introduction; 1. Ethnicity, Gender, Class, and the Politics of Power; 2. Locating the Ethnography in History, Economy, and Society; 3. The Site of Production: A Trinidadian Factory; 4. Ethnicity at Work; 5. Gender at Work; 6. Class at Work; Conclusion; Appendix: The EUL Supervisors and Line Workers; Notes; References; Index
Summary "Highly detailed and well-argued study focuses on mostly women workers in a Trinidadian factory. Utilizes approach which author claims unites history, culture, structure, and agency. In fact, coherent and theoretically sophisticated analytical framework provides context for the ethnographically rich, multi-dimensional narratives of women workers 'who endure oppression while at the same time reclaiming their dignity.' Core argument is that the production process 'becomes a site where the meanings of ethnicity, class, and gender are constructed, contested, and consented to.'"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-277) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Power (Social sciences) -- Trinidad and Tobago
Women -- Employment -- Trinidad and Tobago
Ethnicity -- Trinidad and Tobago
Working class -- Trinidad and Tobago
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Ethnicity
Power (Social sciences)
Women -- Employment
Working class
Arbeiterin
Diskriminierung
Social Conditions.
Sociology & Social History.
Social Sciences.
Ethnicité -- Trinité-et-Tobago.
Femmes -- Travail -- Trinité-et-Tobago.
Classe ouvrière -- Trinité-et-Tobago.
Pouvoir (sciences sociales)
Geschichte 1986-1987.
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad und Tobago
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781439904459
1439904456
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9781566392860