{"product_id":"made-in-egypt-gendered-identity-and-aspiration-on-the-globalised-shop-floor-9781785330773","title":"Made In Egypt: Gendered Identity and Aspiration","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThis ground-breaking ethnography of an export-orientated garment assembly factory in Egypt examines the dynamic relationships between its managers – emergent \u003cem\u003eMubarak-bizniz\u003c\/em\u003e (business) elites who are caught in an intensely competitive globalized supply chain – and the local daily-life realities of their young, educated, and mixed-gender labour force. Constructions of power and resistance, as well as individual aspirations and identities, are explored through articulations of class, gender and religion in both management discourses and shop floor practices. Leila Chakravarti’s compelling study also moves beyond the confines of the factory, examining the interplay with the wider world around it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 \u003cem\u003eTHINKING ALLOWED\u003c\/em\u003e AWARD FOR ETHNOGRAPHY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Overall,\u003c\/em\u003e Made in Egypt \u003cem\u003ereveals a world of industrial labour that has seldom been explored in a city that has rarely been covered in the ethnography of Egypt, which has been dominated by works on Cairo in recent years. The monograph will speak to all students and researchers with an interest in the sociology and anthropology of industrial work, in addition to being an invaluable contribution to the literature on gender and labour in Egypt.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eMade in Egypt \u003cem\u003epresents a rigorous, accessible, and insightful ethnography that brings life to the factory floor.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Gender \u0026amp; Society\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Chakravarti’s highly detailed, fascinating glimpse into gender dynamics within this patriarchal factory setting challenges essentialist notions of patriarchy and women’s position in public sector employment, highlighting the fact that meaning is not fixed. Chakravarti’s book would fit well into an undergraduate or graduate course in Women and Gender Studies, a graduate qualitative methods course in ethnography, or as “recommended reading” to illustrate some of the key theoretical advancements within the field of Middle East Women and Gender Studies that problematize essentialist notions of patriarchy and the inferior position in which it places women.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Review of Middle East Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The book is a valuable addition to the ethnography of Egypt in general and to gender stories in particular. It succeeds in describing the inner lives of men and women working in the firm and in charting their social and sexual agency and aspirations…[It] is well written and conveys the humanity of its characters.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Anthropos\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This book makes a timely and significant contribution to the ethnographic literature on contemporary Egyptian factory workplace dynamics between management and workers, in which gender relations, class, power, control, resistance, and religious discourses intersect…”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Khaled Adham\u003c\/strong\u003e, UAE University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tIllustrations, Maps and Figures\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tA Note on Transliteration\u003cbr\u003e \tMap of the Nile Delta\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. The Factory as Crucible\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t      Port Said – The Nation’s ‘Dual Frontier’\u003cbr\u003e \t      Space and Order: The Factory as Blueprint – and as Lived Experience\u003cbr\u003e \t      Issues, Inspiration and Method\u003cbr\u003e \t      Ordering and Animating the Ethnography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. Firm as Family – Control and Resistance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t      \u003cem\u003eIl-Kebir\u003c\/em\u003e: The Role of the Proprietor-Patriarch\u003cbr\u003e \t      \u003cem\u003eIkhlaas\u003c\/em\u003e: Filial Loyalty and Sibling Rivalry\u003cbr\u003e \t      \u003cem\u003eIhtiram\u003c\/em\u003e: Performing Respectability\u003cbr\u003e \t      \u003cem\u003eTaraabut\u003c\/em\u003e: Articulations of Community and Entitlement\u003cbr\u003e \t      \u003cem\u003eEntekhbo Qasim Fahmy!\u003c\/em\u003e – The Workers Endorse their \u003cem\u003eKebir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. Shop Floor as Marketplace – Love and Consumption\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t      Sexualising the Workplace – The Struggle for Love\u003cbr\u003e \t      ‘Love in a World Ruled by Money’ (\u003cem\u003eIl-Hub fi Zaman Il-Felus\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e \t      \u003cem\u003eHub Il-Shibak\u003c\/em\u003e: Love Matches\u003cbr\u003e \t      Commodifying the Shop Floor – Trading in Dreams\u003cbr\u003e \t      Celebrating Dreams – A Picture Says a Thousand Words\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. Daughters of the Factory – Discipline and Nurture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t      Discipline as Performance\u003cbr\u003e \t      Performing Efficiency\u003cbr\u003e \t      \u003cem\u003eMishmish\u003c\/em\u003e Alley Cats – Distinctive Femininities\u003cbr\u003e \t      Nurturing and Performing Male Power\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. Globalised Takeover – Performance and Resistance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t      Refashioning the Labour Landscape\u003cbr\u003e \t      Retrieving the Firm as Family\u003cbr\u003e \t      The End of the Road?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. Domination and Resistance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t      Globalisation and Localisation\u003cbr\u003e \t      Co-Optation and Appropriation\u003cbr\u003e \t      The Revolution that Wasn’t\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Fashion Express Workforce\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tSelect Glossary\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042350629207,"sku":"9781785330773","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785330773.jpg?v=1750953980","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/made-in-egypt-gendered-identity-and-aspiration-on-the-globalised-shop-floor-9781785330773","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}