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Engendering everyday resistance

Gender, patronage and production politics in rural Malaysia

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ID2158951
AuthorsGillian Hart (0000-0002-3062-1321, University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author)
Year1991
Volume19
Issue1
Pages93-121
Publication date1991-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Peasant Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0306-6150 • E-ISSN: 1743-9361
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03066159108438472
OpenAlexW2057480095
LanguageEN
Citations received98
References cited32

Labour relations, forms of resistance, and class consciousness in the Muda region of Malaysia have become increasingly differentiated along gender lines: women have come to define and prosecute their interests as workers, whereas men continue to adopt a far more deferential stance vis-à-vis their employers. To explain these patterns, this article shows how struggles within the labour process intersect with those in the local community and the household, and how gender meanings shape the struggles on these interconnected sites. This gendered analysis of class formation calls for a major rethinking of James Scott's notion of 'everyday forms of peasant resistance

Class (philosophy · Class consciousness · Class formation · Consciousness · Gender relations · Peasant · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · Asian Studies and History · Gender Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology

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