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Working gendered boundaries [electronic resource] : temporary migration experiences of Bangladeshi women in the Malaysian export industry from a multi-sited perspective / Anja Rudnick.
This study explores the short term migration of Bangladeshi women to Malaysia to work in labour intensive, export oriented factories, and considers the consequences of their decision to migrate.
Record details
- ISBN: 9789048508747 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9048508746 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9789056295608
- ISBN: 9056295608
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (316 p.) : ill., maps.
- Publisher: [Amsterdam] : Vossiuspers UvA, c2009.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (Proefschrift)--Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2009. Multi-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-308). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2: ENGENDERING MIGRATION THEORY; CHAPTER 3: THE SENDING AND THE RECEIVING COUNTRY: BANGLADESH AND MALAYSIA; CHAPTER 4: THE FIELD SETTING: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES REGARDING GENDER-SENSITIVE RESEARCH; CHAPTER 5: WHY MIGRATE?; CHAPTER 6: FROM DESIRE TO DECISION AND DEPARTURE; CHAPTER 7: WORKING IN MALAYSIA'S EXPORT INDUSTRY: CONDITIONS AND WAGES; CHAPTER 8: LIVING IN MALAYSIA: NEGOTIATING TWO CULTURES; CHAPTER 9: BACK IN BANGLADESH: A NEW BEGINNING?; CHAPTER 10: CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; SUMMARY; SAMENVATTING. |
| Language Note: | Summary in English. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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