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9781403967626 English 1403967628 "Mining Women is the first work that explores gender relations and women's work and activism in different parts of the world and links each of these not only to cultural and domestic arrangements but also to an emerging colonial, industrial, and capitalist system from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. This global, case study/comparative approach reveals that despite the tremendous variation in mining practices and national experiences, women have challenged the constraints of gender definitions on their lives, work, and militancy."--BOOK JACKET., Mining Women explores gender relations and women's work and activism in different parts of the world. It also explores the subject from multiple perspectives and links each of these not only to cultural and domestic arrangements but also to an emerging industrial and capitalist system from the Eighteenth through the Twentieth centuries. Each essay is important for understanding the ways in which gender is imagined, lived, inscribed, and contested in specific historical and material contexts. Together, the essays reveal that despite the tremendous variation between industries, cultures, and national experiences, women have challenged the constraints of gender definitions on their lives, work, and militancy., Mining Women presents eighteen new essays that illuminate how gender identities and inequality have been constructed historically and sustained in what could be hailed as the first truly global enterprise and arguably the most "masculine" of industries-mining. These essays explore gender relations and women's work and activism in different parts of the world and from multiple perspectives. They investigate not only gender's role in the domestic and cultural aspects of mining communities, but also its impact on the emerging industrial and capitalist system from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. Each essay is important for understanding the ways in which gender is imagined, lived, inscribed, and contested in specific historical and material contexts. As a whole, the volume reveals that despite the tremendous variation between industries, cultures, and national experiences, women have challenged the constraints of gender definitions on their lives and work., This book explores gender relations and women's work and activism in different parts of the world. It also explores the subject from multiple perspectives and links each of these not only to cultural and domestic arrangements but also to an emerging industrial and capitalist system from the Eighteenth through the Twentieth centuries.
9781403967626 English 1403967628 "Mining Women is the first work that explores gender relations and women's work and activism in different parts of the world and links each of these not only to cultural and domestic arrangements but also to an emerging colonial, industrial, and capitalist system from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. This global, case study/comparative approach reveals that despite the tremendous variation in mining practices and national experiences, women have challenged the constraints of gender definitions on their lives, work, and militancy."--BOOK JACKET., Mining Women explores gender relations and women's work and activism in different parts of the world. It also explores the subject from multiple perspectives and links each of these not only to cultural and domestic arrangements but also to an emerging industrial and capitalist system from the Eighteenth through the Twentieth centuries. Each essay is important for understanding the ways in which gender is imagined, lived, inscribed, and contested in specific historical and material contexts. Together, the essays reveal that despite the tremendous variation between industries, cultures, and national experiences, women have challenged the constraints of gender definitions on their lives, work, and militancy., Mining Women presents eighteen new essays that illuminate how gender identities and inequality have been constructed historically and sustained in what could be hailed as the first truly global enterprise and arguably the most "masculine" of industries-mining. These essays explore gender relations and women's work and activism in different parts of the world and from multiple perspectives. They investigate not only gender's role in the domestic and cultural aspects of mining communities, but also its impact on the emerging industrial and capitalist system from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. Each essay is important for understanding the ways in which gender is imagined, lived, inscribed, and contested in specific historical and material contexts. As a whole, the volume reveals that despite the tremendous variation between industries, cultures, and national experiences, women have challenged the constraints of gender definitions on their lives and work., This book explores gender relations and women's work and activism in different parts of the world. It also explores the subject from multiple perspectives and links each of these not only to cultural and domestic arrangements but also to an emerging industrial and capitalist system from the Eighteenth through the Twentieth centuries.