This book explores the relationship between plantation labour and
gender in Africa. Such a study is the more opportune because most
of the existing works on plantation labour in Africa seem to have
either under-studied or even ignored the changing conceptions of
gender on the continent in recent times. One of the book's major
concerns is to demonstrate that the introduction of plantation
labour during colonial rule in Africa has had significant
consequences for gender roles and relations within and beyond the
capitalist labour process. The book focuses on two tea estates in
Anglophone Cameroon. A study of these estates is particularly
interesting in that one of them employs mainly female pluckers
while the other employs mainly male pluckers. This allows for an
examination of any variations in male and female workers' modes of
resistance to the control and exploitation they meet in the labour
process. Such a comparative analysis is helpful in assessing the
widespread managerial assumption on tea estates that female
pluckers tend to be more productive and docile than male pluckers.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
