Skill, dependency, and differentiation: Artisans and agents in the Lucknow embroidery industry

Ethnology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-65

  Wilkinson Weber, Clare M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artisans; Class; India; Lucknow; Women embroiderers

Indexed keywords

CLASS; GENDER; HOMEWORKING; WOMEN WORKERS;

INDIA, UTTAR PRADESH, LUCKNOW;

CLOTHING INDUSTRY, INDIAN; EMBROIDERY; OPERATIVES, WOMEN; WAGES;

EID: 0030885513     PISSN: 00141828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3773935     Document Type: Article

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