Editions for spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline. Ong consistently intertwined the investment interests and corporate actions of chinese, japanese and american companies, but it remained fairly ambiguous as to who was responsible for the most significant oppression. A synopsis of spirits of resistance and capitalist. Rent spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline 2nd edition 9781438433547 today, or search our site for other textbooks by aihwa ong. Aihwa ong is professor of anthropology at the university of california at berkeley. Spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline, second edition. Factory women in malaysia 1987 free ebook download as pdf file. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline. Too great and at the same time too narrow a focus on spirit possession, on ong s part and in the reception of the text, has led to a misinterpretation of its content. As an anthropologist, i find the idea of resistance fascinating.
New edition of aihwa ong s classic ethnographic study of malay women factory workers. Factory women in malaysia anne boleyn was not beautiful, but she was irresistible, capturing the hearts of kings and commoners alike. Rumina sethi postcolonnialismempire, nation and resistance. Factory women in malaysia aihwa ong in the two decades since its original publication, spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline has become an ethnographic classic in the fields of anthropology, labor studies, and gender and globalization studies. In the two decades since its original publication, spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline has become a classic in the fields of anthropology, labor, gender and globalization studies.
Peletz is associate professor of anthropology at colgate university and au. Ong argues that cultural values and practices both islamicmalay and foreign are reworked and. Spirits and the multinational corporation in malaysia. Factory women in malaysia ebook written by aihwa ong. Ong, aihwa spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline.
Discover book depositorys huge selection of aihwa ong books online. Based on intensive fieldwork, the book captures a moment of profound transformation for rural muslim women. The factory shut down for three days and a spirithealer was hired to. In this book, aihwa ong captures the disruptions, conflicts, and ambivalences in the lives of malay women and their families as they make the transition from peasant society to industrial. Aihwa ong neoliberalism as exception pdf neoliberalism as exception. Factory women in malaysia why are malay women workers periodically seized by spirit possession on the shopfloors of modern factories. Aihwa ong s spirits of resistance and capitalist disciplinerural malaysian women migrating to manufacture electronicsbrought to light the over the top surveillance and management strategies to discipline the women workers for production efficiencyalso showed womens resistance. Aihwa ong is professor of anthropology at the university of california, berkeley, a member of the science council of the international panel on social progress, and a former recipient of a macarthur fellowship for the study of sovereignty and citizenship. In tune with the influence of feminist theory on the anthropology of gender, kinship, and production, ong argues that malay women factory. Spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline factory.
Aihwa ong flexible citizenship free download as pdf file. Aihwa ongs work on capitalist discipline in the electronic industrial sector of the 1980s malaysia challenges readers to think about the ways in which the construciton and representation of womens sexuality has developed as a form of control centred in the discourse of the sexed female body and has impacted upon womens lives in the wider community. In this book, aihwa ong captures the disruptions, conflicts, and ambivalences in the lives of malay women and their families as they make the transition from peasant society to industrial production. Spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline aihwa. Aihwa ong is professor of anthropology and of south and southeast asian studies at the university of california, berkeley.
Every textbook comes with a 21day any reason guarantee. Ong argues that cultural values and practicesboth islamicmalay and foreignare reworked and reconstituted in. She is author and coeditor of several books, including spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline. Spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline factory women in malaysia. Dell’appa went into spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline. The cultural logics of transnationalism 1999 and spirits of resistance and capi. By aihwa ong spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline, second edition. The hardcover of the spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline. Aihwa ongs analysis of the disruptions, conflicts, and ambivalences that roiled the lives of working women has inspired later generations of feminist ethnographers in their study of power, resistance, religious upheavals, and subject formation in the industrial periphery. Aihwa ong in the two decades since its original publication, spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline has become a classic in the fields of anthropology, labor, gender and globalization studies. On the basis of the evidence, the most that could be said is that it.
Download citation spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. Perhaps the hardest thing to follow in spirits of resistance were the several different contributors to the economic exploitation. Factory women in malaysia suny ser 2nd second edition paperback on. Ong argues that cultural values and practicesboth islamicmalay and foreignare reworked and reconstituted in the industrial hierarchy. Access to society journal content varies across our titles. Aihwa ong is associate professor of anthropology at the university of california, berkeley, and author of spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline 1987. Aihwa ong why are malay women workers periodically seized by spirit possession on the shopfloors of modern factories. Spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline suny press. Aihwa ong s spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline 1987 traced the experiences of rural malaysian women who migrated to exportprocessing zones along the coast of. Aihwa ong s nuanced approach to the malay women factory workers experiences of the contradictions of modern globalized capitalism has inspired subsequent generations of feminist ethnographers in their explorations of key questions of power, resistance, femininities, religious community, and social change. How are the experiences of neophyte factory women and their images of vice and virtue mediated by the visitations of malay spirits in modern factories.
Factory women in malaysia, state university of new york press, 1987. Factory women in malaysia in it, she explored the lives of young malay women in the 1980s who began to work in factories. Spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline, second. Article information, pdf download for spirits of resistance and capitalist. Similarly, aihwa ong s spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline explores gender and female sexuality as the site of both domination and of resistance, although often of an unwilled nature 1987. Aihwa ong s work on capitalist discipline in the electronic industrial sector of the 1980s malaysia challenges readers to think about the ways in which the construciton and representation of womens sexuality has developed as a form of control centred in the discourse of the sexed female body and has impacted upon womens lives in the wider community. A unique feature of this book is the portrayal of malay women workers in japanese factories, caught between their culture and the culture of capitalism. She is well known for her interdisciplinary approach in investigations of globalization, modernity, and citizenship from.
Aihwa ong, spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline. In the two decades since its original publication, spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline has become an ethnographic classic in the fields of anthropology, labor studies, and gender and globalization studies. New edition of the classic ethnographic study of malay women factory workers. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. In the two decades since its original publication, spirits of resistance. Aihwa ong spirits of resistance and capitalist disciplin. The cultural politics of modern chinese transnationalism. Bewitching women, pious men by aihwa ong overdrive. If you have access to a journal via a society or association membership, please browse to your society journal, select an article to view, and follow the instructions in this box. Drawing on fieldwork data and secondary sources, it deciphers the cryptic language of malay spirit possession in relation to gender symbolism, social boundaries, and morality. When i used to teach, one of the books we focused on was aihwa ong s spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline.
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