Leila Zaki Chakravarti
Biographic Data
| ID | 164822 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leila Zaki Chakravarti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leila Zaki |
| FAMILY NAME | Chakravarti |
| SIGNATURE | CHAKRAVARTI L Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leila Zaki Chakravarti trained as an anthropologist at the American University in Cairo. She worked as a shop-floor operative in an Egyptian garment assembly factory as fieldwork for her PhD studies (completed in 2009) at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University. She is currently preparing her thesis for publication and exploring new research avenues into issues of gender in the “workplaces” of professional football. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Made in Egypt
Material Worlds
This paper focuses on a material culture approach in order to explore multiple dimensions in the production of denim in an export-dominated assembly plant in Port Said, Egypt. Ethnographic data are analyzed to highlight the interplay between the surfaces and tools used in garment making and the skills and strategies deployed by factory workers, so elucidating some of the less immediately visible nuances in the turbulence of daily life on the prod…
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Material Worlds
This paper focuses on a material culture approach in order to explore multiple dimensions in the production of denim in an export-dominated assembly plant in Port Said, Egypt. Ethnographic data are analyzed to highlight the interplay between the surfaces and tools used in garment making and the skills and strategies deployed by factory workers, so elucidating some of the less immediately visible nuances in the turbulence of daily life on the prod…
Made in Egypt
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