1st Edition
Gendering the Memory of Work Women Workers� Narratives
By Maria Tamboukou
Copyright 2016
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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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-actions between places, bodies and objects.... Read more
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
Biography
Maria Tamboukou is Professor of Feminist Studies and co-director of the Centre for Narrative Research at the University of East London, UK.
