Activism and Agency in India - Nurturing Resistance in the Tea Plantations

List of contents

1. Introduction

2. Intersectionality, Labour and Agency: Theoretical Paradigms

3. Scene Setting

4. Identity and Belonging through the Lens of Intersectionality

5. Understanding the Plantations within a Gendered Space

6. Understanding the Plantation as a Gendered Space

7. Understanding Agency

8. Understanding Everyday Activism

9. Conclusion

About the author

Supurna Banerjee is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, India. She received her PhD from the University of Edinburgh.

Summary

This book is the first interdisciplinary and intersectional work examining the nature of victimhood and agency among women workers on tea-plantations in North Bengal, India. The author views tea plantations as social spaces, rather than only economic units of production. Focusing on the lived experiences of the workers from the perspective of th

Product details

• Authors: Supurna Banerjee, Supurna (Institute of Development Studie Banerjee, Banerjee Supurna
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367885731
• ISBN: 978-0-367-88573-1
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian Studies Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, India, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women, Sociology: work & labour, Gender studies: women and girls, Development Studies, Agriculture & Related Industries, Sociology: work and labour, Agribusiness and primary industries, gendered;tea