Maria Tamboukou

Gendering the Memory of Work

Women Workers� Narratives

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores gendered aspects in the memory of work by looking at auto/biographical narratives and political writings of women workers in the garment industry. The author draws on cutting edge theoretical approaches and insights in memory studies, neo-materialism and discourse analysis, particularly looking at entanglements and intra-act

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 290g
• ISBN-13: 9780367872014
• ISBN-10: 0367872013
• Artikelnr.: 58438961

Autorenporträt

Maria Tamboukou is Professor of Feminist Studies and co-director of the Centre for Narrative Research at the University of East London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Paris and New York: Geographies and Histories in the Garment
Industry
1. A Narrative Approach to Archival Research
2. Gendered Traces in the Memory of Work
3. Jeanne Bouvier: A Feminist Seamstress and Writer in Paris
4. Rose Pesotta: A Migrant Dressmaker and Labour Organiser in the US
5. Aesthetics and Politics in Writing Memory
Conclusion: Remembering / Imagining