Performing 'dis-respectability': New tastes, cultural practices, and identity performances by Sri Lanka's free trade zone garment-factory workers

Cultural Dynamics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-102

  Hewamanne, Sandya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Female garment factory workers; Free trade zone; Identity; Performance; Resistance; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; GARMENT INDUSTRY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS STATUS;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 0037347030     PISSN: 09213740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0921374003015001109     Document Type: Article

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