Spirits of Resistance and Capitalist Discipline: Factory Women in Malaysia 9781438433547, 9781438433554, 1438433549
In the two decades since its original publication, Spirits of Resistance and Capitalist Discipline has become an ethnogr
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Table of contents :
Spirits of Resistance and Capitalist Discipline......Page 1
Spirits of Resistance and Capitalist Discipline......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
List of Illustrations......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Introduction......Page 16
List of Abbreviations......Page 22
PART I: Capitalist Development and Cultural Experience......Page 24
Chapter 1: Spirits and Discipline in Capitalist Transformation......Page 26
Chapter 2: Malay Peasants from Subsistence to Commodity Production......Page 36
PART II: The Kampung Society of Coastal Selangor......Page 60
Chapter 3: Tropical Confluences: Rural Society, Capital, and the State......Page 62
Chapter 4: Sungai Jawa: Differentiation and Dispersal......Page 82
Chapter 5: Domestic Relations: The Reconfiguration of Family Life......Page 110
Chapter 6: Marriage Strategies: Negotiating the Future......Page 140
Part III: Neophyte Factory Women in Late Capitalism......Page 164
Chapter 7: The Modern Corporation: Manufacturing Gender Hierarchy......Page 166
Chapter 8: Neophyte Factory Women and the Negative Image......Page 204
Chapter 9: Spirits of Resistance......Page 220
Chapter 10: Conclusion......Page 240
Notes......Page 248
Glossary......Page 264
Bibliography......Page 270
Index......Page 284
Spirits of Resistance and Capitalist Discipline......Page 1
Spirits of Resistance and Capitalist Discipline......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
List of Illustrations......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Introduction......Page 16
List of Abbreviations......Page 22
PART I: Capitalist Development and Cultural Experience......Page 24
Chapter 1: Spirits and Discipline in Capitalist Transformation......Page 26
Chapter 2: Malay Peasants from Subsistence to Commodity Production......Page 36
PART II: The Kampung Society of Coastal Selangor......Page 60
Chapter 3: Tropical Confluences: Rural Society, Capital, and the State......Page 62
Chapter 4: Sungai Jawa: Differentiation and Dispersal......Page 82
Chapter 5: Domestic Relations: The Reconfiguration of Family Life......Page 110
Chapter 6: Marriage Strategies: Negotiating the Future......Page 140
Part III: Neophyte Factory Women in Late Capitalism......Page 164
Chapter 7: The Modern Corporation: Manufacturing Gender Hierarchy......Page 166
Chapter 8: Neophyte Factory Women and the Negative Image......Page 204
Chapter 9: Spirits of Resistance......Page 220
Chapter 10: Conclusion......Page 240
Notes......Page 248
Glossary......Page 264
Bibliography......Page 270
Index......Page 284
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