TY - BOOK ID - 9352890 TI - Women's labor in the global economy : speaking in multiple voices PY - 2007 SN - 0813540437 9786611092610 1281092614 0813541654 9780813541655 9781281092618 6611092617 9780813540436 0813540445 9780813540443 9780813543 9789780813543 9780813540436 PB - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Globalization. KW - Minority women. KW - Women alien labor. KW - Minority women KW - Women foreign workers KW - Globalization KW - Labor & Workers' Economics KW - Business & Economics KW - Employment KW - Economic conditions KW - Social conditions KW - Women foreign workers. KW - Economic conditions. KW - Social conditions. KW - Global cities KW - Globalisation KW - Internationalization KW - Women minorities KW - Foreign women workers KW - Women alien labor KW - Migrant women labor (Foreign workers) KW - Migrant women workers (Foreign workers) KW - Women migrant labor (Foreign workers) KW - Women migrant workers (Foreign workers) KW - International relations KW - Anti-globalization movement KW - Women KW - Foreign workers KW - Women employees KW - E-books KW - Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality KW - Sociology of work KW - Demography KW - Industrial economics KW - Foreign trade. International trade KW - Economic relations. Trade KW - Economics KW - Business management KW - Sri Lanka KW - Ghana KW - Zimbabwe KW - Jamaica KW - Trade KW - Industry sector KW - International KW - Agricultural sector KW - Migration KW - Labour market KW - Entrepreneurs KW - Working-class women KW - Sex work KW - Book KW - Economy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:9352890 AB - Globalization is not a new phenomenon; women throughout the world have been dealing with the circumstances and consequences of an international economy long before the advent of the transnational corporate conglomerate. However, in a mercenary example of the tried clich "the more things change, the more they stay the same," women-particularly those of color-continue to be relegated to the lowest rung of the occupational ladder, where their indispensable contributions to global market capitalism are downplayed or invalidated completely through the perpetuation of stereotypes and the denial of access to better job opportunities and resources. How women of color around the world adapt and challenge the economic, political, and social effects of globalization is the subject of this broad-minded and incisive anthology. From Mexico, Jamaica, Ghana, Zimbabwe, and Sri Lanka, to immigrant and non-immigrant communities in the United States-the women documented in these essays are agricultural and factory workers, artists and entrepreneurs, mothers and activists. Their stories bear stark witness to how globalization continues to develop new sites and forms of exploitation, while its apparent victims continue to be women, men, and children of color. ER -