1st Edition

Women's Work in the Unorganized Sector Issues of Exploitation and Globalisation in the Beedi Industry

By Rekha Pande Copyright 2023
226 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

226 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

226 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

This book probes into the beedi industry, a highly gendered and class-divided unorganised sector in India. It introduces an analysis of the lives, health status and work of the Indian women and girl children in the industry and discusses the role of gender constructions, global capitalism, and global racism in shaping the ideologies and conceptions about men and women at work. The volume... Read more

Preface.Acknowledgements.Part A. 1: Introduction. 2: The Beedi industry: Structure and Organization. 3: Women’s work in the Unorganised sectors- Issues of Marginalisation and Globalisation. 4: Child work and Child Labour. 5: Anti-tobacco history and control. 6: The Region: The Field. Part B: The Study. 7: The Beedi worker: Socio Economic profile. 8:  Beedi Making at home and at the Work shed. 9. Invisible labour: The Girl child worker. 10: Beedi making, health and disease. 11: Narratives of Vulnerability and Exploitation.12: Conclusions and the way forward. Bibliography. Part C: Appendix 1. Map of Telangana with the three regions , Armoor, Balkonda and Nizamabad and Hyderabad Urban area. 2. A list of few Beedi factories in Telangana. Index

Biography

Rekha Pande is Professor of History and Women’s Studies. She is a Professor Emeritus, Henry Martin Institute, International Centre for Research, Interfaith Relations and Reconciliation, Hyderabad. She is the former Head, Centre for Women's Studies and Former Head, Department of History, University of Hyderabad, India.