About this title: In the rural immigrant community of Istanbul, poor women spend up to fifty hours a week producing goods for export, yet deny that they actually 'work'. Money Makes Us Relatives explores why both women and men in Turkey devalue women's work, concealing its existence while creating a vast pool of cheap labour for the world market. Drawing on two years of ethnographic fieldwork among family producers and pieceworkers, and using fascinating case studies throughout, the book shows how women's paid work is viewed in terms of kinship relations based on reciprocity and obligation - an extension of ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780292790865ISBN:0292790864
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Good to fair used trade paperback-intact and very usable-medium to heavy wear on cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 190 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Texas Press:
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780292790773ISBN:0292790775
Description: Fine in Fine- jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 190 pages. `"Within the rural immigrant community of Istanbul, Turkey, poor women may spend up to fifty hours a producing goods for export, yet deny that they actually "work". This ethnographic study seeks to explain why women and men alike devalue women's work and to show how the social and gender ideologies that prompt this denial create a pool of cheap labor for the world market. " FINE HARDCOVER, FINE-DUST JACKET. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Date Published: 1994-02
ISBN-13:9780292790865ISBN:0292790864
Description: Good. Text in English (190 pages). Edition Published in 1994. Soft cover. Good condition, tight binding, unmarked pages. Bookshelf K-53. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis(Routledge)
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780415326643ISBN:0415326648
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9.213 by 6.142 inches. Note on the new edition preface acknowledgements 1. introduction 2. women and the global workforce 3. the turkish case 4. bridge between europe and asia 5. marriage: the house of the world 6. the patriarch 7. mothers and sons 8. the social web 9. money makes us relatives 10. the life cycle of an atelier: yenikent 11. kinsh1p and production conclusion: local modernisms in the global factory notes references index money makes us relatives shows how ... read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis(Routledge)
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780415326636ISBN:041532663X
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 9.213 by 6.142 inches. Note on the new edition preface acknowledgements 1. introduction 2. women and the global workforce 3. the turkish case 4. bridge between europe and asia 5. marriage: the house of the world 6. the patriarch 7. mothers and sons 8. the social web 9. money makes us relatives 10. the life cycle of an atelier: yenikent 11. kinsh1p and production conclusion: local modernisms in the global factory notes references index money makes us relatives shows how women ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: 2004-08-23
ISBN-13:9780415326643ISBN:0415326648
Description: Very Good. 2nd Edition Softcover. Gently read. Firm tight binding, no spine creases. No highlighting or markings. Prompt professional service. Satisfaction guaranteed. read more
Description: Good. 0415326648 Former Library book. Binding is slightly damaged and/or book has some loose pages. No missing pages. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly imported from the UK using DHL or Royal Mail international mail WITH TRACKING NUMBER. Delivery is typically 5-10 working days. Please do not select expedited shipping. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). Money Makes Us Relatives shows how women's work in Turkey is viewed as a poorly-paid extension of domestic family labor, opening up key debates about women's roles in late global capitalism. read more
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