Housewives produce for the world market: the lace makers of narsapur

Mies M.

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper on rural employment, social status and economic conditions of woman workers in lace handicrafts production in narsapur, andhra pradesh, India - considers subsistence production (poverty) and unemployment among rural women, analyses caste dichotomies in the historical development of the industry, and describes means of production, sexual division of labour, wages, marketing, production relations and demographic aspects. Bibliography pp. 137 to 140 and graphs.

Keywords: rural employment; social status; economic conditions; women workers; handicrafts.; production; poverty; unemployment; rural women; caste; history; sexual division of labour; wages; marketing; demographic aspect; emploi rural; statut social; conditions économiques; travailleuses; artisanat décoratif et d'expression; production; pauvreté; chômage; femmes rurales; caste; histoire; division du travail basée sur le sexe; salaire; marketing; aspect démographique; empleo rural; condición social; condiciones económicas; trabajadoras; artesanía decorativa y tradicional; producción; pobreza; desempleo; mujeres rurales; casta; historia; división del trabajo por sexo; salario; mercadotecnia; aspecto demográfico (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 140 P. pages
Date: 1980
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Published in World Employment Programme research working paper. WEP 10, Rural Employment Policy Research Programme

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