Constructing a Worker Identity
Class, Experience, and Organizing in Workers'Awaaz
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3877959 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linta Varghese (Vassar College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 189-211 |
| Publication date | 2006-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cultural Dynamics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0921-3740 • E-ISSN: 1461-7048 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0921374006066698 |
| OpenAlex | W2068371348 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 19 |
This article examines the debates over the meaning of 'worker' in Workers' Awaaz, a female domestic workers' group in New York City, at three moments in the organization's history.Workers' Awaaz set itself apart from other South Asian groups through its focus on low-wage workers and by attempting to institute an organizing, rather than activist or service model. However, I argue that an infrastructure that divided workers from other membership along lines of occupation and income prevented Workers' Awaaz from engaging in mass-based organizing due to its reinscription of roles of service provider and client. By examining the shifting construction of worker, I hope to illustrate the debates and processes occurring within new organizational forms in the South Asian American community
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2025 (18) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |