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This book probes into the beedi industry, a highly gendered and
class-divided unorganised sector in India. It introduces an
analysis of the lives, health status and work of the Indian women
and girl children in the industry and discusses the role of gender
constructions, global capitalism, and global racism in shaping the
ideologies and conceptions about men and women at work. The volume
presents a gendered postcolonial perspective on women's employment
in the context of social and economic processes that are critical
to globalization. It focuses on Telangana's Nizamabad district -
where a majority of the women population are employed in the beedi
industry. Through detailed surveys and case studies, the author
analyses different aspects of exploitation of these women such as
poor working conditions, income inequalities, health risks and the
realities of child labour in the process of beedi making. Richly
detailed, this book will be of great interest to students,
researchers and teachers of geography, particularly human geography
and feminist geography, women and gender studies, feminism, labour
economics, capitalism, development studies, political sociology,
and cultural studies. It will also be of interest to gender and
feminist geographers, occupational health professionals, NGOs, and
those interested in the issues of gender and development.
This book probes into the beedi industry, a highly gendered and
class-divided unorganised sector in India. It introduces an
analysis of the lives, health status and work of the Indian women
and girl children in the industry and discusses the role of gender
constructions, global capitalism, and global racism in shaping the
ideologies and conceptions about men and women at work. The volume
presents a gendered postcolonial perspective on women's employment
in the context of social and economic processes that are critical
to globalization. It focuses on Telangana's Nizamabad district -
where a majority of the women population are employed in the beedi
industry. Through detailed surveys and case studies, the author
analyses different aspects of exploitation of these women such as
poor working conditions, income inequalities, health risks and the
realities of child labour in the process of beedi making. Richly
detailed, this book will be of great interest to students,
researchers and teachers of geography, particularly human geography
and feminist geography, women and gender studies, feminism, labour
economics, capitalism, development studies, political sociology,
and cultural studies. It will also be of interest to gender and
feminist geographers, occupational health professionals, NGOs, and
those interested in the issues of gender and development.
As people grow older, cultural issues arise. Recognizing how social
influences guide and restrict people leads to a better
understanding of one's self and helps people as they age.
Multicultural Perspectives on Gender and Aging provides emerging
research on midlife issues, physical aspects of aging, and the
emotional value in the context of the culture in which people are
living. While highlighting topics such as elderly disabilities,
quality of life, and gender dimensions, this publication explores
self-esteem in older members of society. This book is an important
resource for academicians, healthcare professionals, professionals,
researchers, and students seeking current research on the social
and cultural characteristics of growing old.
In an era characterized by data globalization, there is,
paradoxically, a shortage of literature on the social impact of
globalization, technology diffusion, and gender disparity. The new
information and knowledge society may, in fact, aggravate the
development and poverty gap instead of closing it. The cultural
construction of knowledge exacerbates class, ethnic, and gender
divides, and ICT has contributed to this problem. Globalization,
Technology Diffusion and Gender Disparity: Social Impacts of ICTs
discusses theoretical aspects of gender issues in ICT and presents
a number of case studies from various countries. Covering topics
such as social networking, ICT use among women, the digital divide,
and theoretical approaches to gender gaps and ICT, this book aims
to provide a strong foundation on ICT and digital equity that will
be useful to a broad audience comprised of students, researchers,
and policymakers.
Narratives of Environmental Challenges in Brazil and India: Losing
Nature, edited by Zelia Bora and Murali Sivaramakrishnan,
contextualizes the two subcontinents of India and Brazil and
closely examines environmental issues from within and without. This
collection focuses largely on the fate of forests and water in
these two geographical terrains. This book explores narratives that
reflect transformations: hitherto unprecedented demographic
expansions, exploitation of natural resources, pollution and
depletion of river and fresh water sources, uncontrollable demands
on the energy front, waste and garbage disposal, drastic reduction
of biodiversity. All of these are factors to research when one
considers "losing nature." In philosophical as well as theoretical
terms the question of what is nature, what is gained and lost in
human-nature interaction, what is the essential "balance" of
nature, are all important queries on a similar scale. Societal
reality in present day Brazil and India is reconstructed and
deconstructed at will by the powerful influence of the past
alongside that of globalization and technocratic market structures.
The volume contemplates the representation and interrogation of
environmental issues in both subcontinents, Brazil and India.
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