“We cannot be touched”: Body and voice in women’s protests in tea plantations

Contesting the understanding of women workers in tea plantations as victims this paper maps their agency through active expressions of protests. While performing the socially ascribed gender roles, responsibilities and practices, there are instances where the women express their agency in definite,...

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Main Author: Supurna Banerjee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh Library 2012-09-01
Series:The South Asianist
Online Access:http://www.southasianist.ed.ac.uk/article/view/53