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This Book Examines The Meaning Of Work For Women In Contemporary Indonesia. It Takes A Broad Definition Of Work In Order To Interrogate Assumptions About Work And Economic Activity, Focusing On What Women Themselves See As Their Work, Which Includes Not Only Paid Employment, Home Life And Child Care, But Also Activities Surrounding Ritual, Healing And Religious Life. It Analyses The Key Issues, Including The Contrasts Between E~newe(tm) And E~olde(tm) Forms Of Work, The Relationship Between Experiences Of Migration And Work, And The Ways In Which Religion E Especially Islam - Shapes Perceptions And Practice Of Work. It Discusses Womene(tm)s Work In A Range Of Different Settings, Both Rural And Urban, And In Different Locations, Covering Sumatra, Bali, Lombok, Java, Sulawesi And Kalimantan. A Wide Range Of Types Of Employment Are Considered: Agricultural Labour, Industrial Work And New Forms Of Work In The Tertiary Sector Such As Media And Tourism, Demonstrating How Capitalism, Globalization And Local Culture Together Produce Gendered Patterns Of Work With Particular Statuses And Identities. It Address The Question Of The Meaning And Valuing Of Womene(tm)s E~traditionale(tm) Work, B

Author

MICHELE FORD AND LYN PARKER

Publisher

ROUTLEDGE TAYLOR&FRANCIS GROUP

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9781134142347

Subjects

Economics, Anthropology, Science

Updated

2026-03-24