Our Backs Are Against the Wall
The Story of a Bangladeshi Woman Garment Worker in the Covid-19 'New Normal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2374807 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aysha Siddika (0000-0003-2943-389X, Roskilde University), Peter Lund‐thomsen (0000-0003-1938-6794, Copenhagen Business School), Anita Hammer (0000-0002-3637-5010, King's College London), Marie Vahl (Independent Researcher, Denmark), Rayat, Rayat Rayat |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1725-1735 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Work Employment and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/09500170241242055 |
| OpenAlex | W4396238920 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 22 |
This article introduces Rayat, a woman garment worker in Bangladesh. It traces how the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated precariousness in the garment value chain and deepened the fragility of Rayat and other garment workers on the frontline. In the article, Rayat explains how her work, household and livelihood changed in response to COVID-19. Her story highlights the importance of contextual influences, distinct industry dynamics and temporal factors, within both workplace and domestic spheres. In complex ways, these dynamics shaped how workers were positioned in the value chain, exploited in the labour process and constrained in their agency
Agency (philosophy · Agriculture · Business · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Dynamics (music · Economics · Fragility · Geography · Labour economics · Livelihood · Pandemic · Social science · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Work (physics · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Medicine
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |