The intensity of the subject material was upheld in her prelude of each of the chapters content, as well as her account for the level of exploitation that was being endured with every penny made by women in factories. Pdf hearts of resistance download full pdf book download. New edition of aihwa ongs classic ethnographic study of malay women factory workers. In rare instances, a publisher has elected to have a zero moving wall, so their current issues are available. Aihwa ong, spirits of resistance, spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline. Continuity and change in womens position in rural vietnam, in women. Factory women in malaysia why are malay women workers periodically seized by spirit possession on the shopfloors of modern factories. She is author and coeditor of several books, including spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline. Curriculum vitae 2015 aihwa ong department of anthropology. Aihwa ong s work on capitalist discipline in the electronic industrial sector of the 1980s malaysia challenges readers to think about the ways in which the construciton and representation of womens sexuality has developed as a form of control centred in the discourse of the sexed female body and has impacted upon womens lives in the wider community. Spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline suny press. Aihwa ong, spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline. Aihwa ong is professor in the department of anthropology, university of california, berkeley. Dell’appa went into spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline.
By illuminating the encounter of malay peasants with global industrial production, the book also throws light on the attitude of neophyte wage workers elsewhere in the third world. Aihwa ong flexible citizenship free download as pdf file. She is well known for her interdisciplinary approach in investigations of globalization, modernity, and citizenship from southeast asia and. Aihwa ong neoliberalism as exception pdf neoliberalism as exception. Aihwa ong spirits of resistance and capitalist disciplin. If you have access to a journal via a society or association membership, please browse to your society journal, select an article to view, and follow the instructions in this box. This angle of inquiry unsettles and troubles stabilized viewpoints and units of analysis in the social sciences. Aihwa ong uses the example of the international and now transnational diaspora of guoqiao or overseas chinese to look at the construction of flexable citizenships. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. Aihwa ong is professor of anthropology at the university of california, berkeley, a member of the science council of the international panel on social progress, and a former recipient of a macarthur fellowship for the study of sovereignty and citizenship. Rumina sethi postcolonnialismempire, nation and resistance. Aihwa ong is professor of anthropology at the university of california at berkeley.
In the two decades since its original publication, spirits. Spirits and the multinational corporation in malaysia. Gender, sexuality, and the state in southeast asia. Factory women in malaysia suny series in the anthropology of work kindle edition by ong, aihwa, freeman, carla. Discover book depositorys huge selection of aihwa ong books online. In this book, aihwa ong captures the disruptions, conflicts, and ambivalences in the lives of malay women and their families as they make the transition from peasant society to industrial production. Mutations in citizenship and sovereignty and flexible citizenship. The cultural logics of transnationalism 1999 and spirits of resistance and capi. Factory women in malaysia 1987 free ebook download as pdf file. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline, second edition. Aihwa ong introduces her profound inspiration for writing this book in the first several pages.
Factory women in malaysia suny series in the anthropology of work ong, aihwa, freeman, carla on. Aihwa ong is associate professor of anthropology at the university of california, berkeley, and author of spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline 1987. Aihwa ongs analysis of the disruptions, conflicts, and ambivalences that roiled the lives of working women has inspired later generations of feminist ethnographers in their study of power, resistance, religious upheavals, and subject formation in the industrial periphery. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Graduated sovereignty refers to a the different modes of governing segments of the population who relate or do not relate to global markets. Drawing on fieldwork data and secondary sources, it deciphers the cryptic language of malay spirit possession in relation to gender symbolism, social boundaries, and morality. As a foreignborn anthropologist, aihwa ong has always approached research from vantage points outside or athwart the united states. Bewitching women, pious men gender and body politics in southeast asia. Feminist re presentations of women in nonwestern societies aihwa ong. Spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline aihwa. Wang ai hua is professor of anthropology at the university of california, berkeley, a member of the science council of the international panel on social progress, and a former recipient of a macarthur fellowship for the study of sovereignty and citizenship. Haraway, university of california, santa cruz aihwa ongs important investigation of the relationship of capitalist work discipline and young womens sexuality in kampong society. Available formats pdf please select a format to send.
The cultural politics of modern chinese transnationalism. Christine pelzer white, state, culture, and gender. Editions for spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline. Aihwa ong in the two decades since its original publication, spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline has become an ethnographic classic in the fields of anthropology, labor studies, and gender and globalization studies. Article information, pdf download for spirits of resistance and capitalist. Ong, aihwa spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline. Buy spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline. Factory women in malaysia aihwa ong in the two decades since its original publication, spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline has become an ethnographic classic in the fields of anthropology, labor studies, and gender and globalization studies. Peletz is associate professor of anthropology at colgate university and author of a share of the harvest california, 1988. In this book, aihwa ong captures the disruptions, conflicts, and ambivalences in the lives of malay women and their families as they make the transition from peasant society to.
Rural womens work and status in postrevolutionary laos by carol j. Graduated sovereignty in southeast asia aihwa ong, 2000. Aihwa ong \u27s work on capitalist discipline in the electronic industrial sector of the 1980s malaysia challenges readers to think about the ways in which the construciton and representation of women\u27s sexuality has developed as a form of control centred in the discourse of the sexed female body and has impacted upon women\u27s lives in the wider community. Aihwa ong is professor of anthropology at the university of california, berkeley. Mar 11, 2009 perhaps the hardest thing to follow in spirits of resistance were the several different contributors to the economic exploitation. Buddha is hiding by aihwa ong paperback university of. Ong argues that cultural values and practicesboth islamicmalay and foreignare reworked and reconstituted in the industrial hierarchy. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline. Why are malay women workers periodically seized by spirit possession on the shopfloors of modern factories. The 2010 shanghai expo has been the most explicit demonstration yet of a cando. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise cambridge core to connect with your account.
The cultural logics of transnationalism 1999 and spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline. Aihwa ong described how female workers at electronics factories in malaysia. These communities, she argues, increasingly construct their cultural identities through a pramatic assesment of the best strategies of advancement, irregardless of national place. Similarly, aihwa ong s spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline explores gender and female sexuality as the site of both domination and of resistance, although often of an unwilled nature 1987. Similarly, aihwa ongs spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline explores gender and female sexuality as the site of both domination and of resistance, although often of an unwilled nature 1987. In the two decades since its original publication, spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline has become a classic in the fields of anthropology, labor, gender and globalization studies. Spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline by aihwa ong, 9781438433547. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Generic and brand drugs with 100% satisfaction guaranteed. Aihwa ong s analysis of the disruptions, conflicts, and ambivalences that roiled the lives of working women has inspired later generations of feminist ethnographers in their study of power, resistance, religious upheavals, and subject formation in the industrial periphery. This essay explores different interpretations of spirit possession episodes in multinational factories based in malaysia. With a new critical introduction by anthropologist carla freeman, this new edition of spirits of resistance continues to offer an exemplary model of sophisticated analysis of culturally based resistance to the ideology, surveillance, and institutional authority of. Ong argues that cultural values and practices both islamicmalay and foreign are reworked and reconstituted in the industrial hierarchy.
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Download fulltext pdf i dont do theory, i do concept work. Ong approaches research from vantage points outside or athwart the united states. New edition of aihwa ong s classic ethnographic study of malay women factory workers. The moving wall represents the time period between the last issue available in jstor and the most recently published issue of a journal. Spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline, second edition aihwa ong published by state university of new york press ong, aihwa. Bewitching women, pious men by aihwa ong overdrive. A synopsis of spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline. The intensity of the subject material was upheld in her prelude of each of the chapters content, as well as her account for the level of exploitation that was.
Ong, aihwa, spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline. Aihwa ong s flexible citizenship begins with an anecdote about hong kong business leaders who, facing the political uncertainty of the citystates imminent. Rent spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline 2nd edition 9781438433547 today, or search our site for other textbooks by aihwa ong. Factory women in malaysia state university of new york press, 1987, pp. Ong consistently intertwined the investment interests and corporate actions of chinese, japanese and american companies, but it remained fairly ambiguous as to who was responsible for the most significant oppression. Aihwa ongs analysis of the disruptions, conflicts, and ambivalences that roiled the lives of working women has inspired later generations of feminist. Abbreviations, tables, maps, plates, diagrams, notes, glossary. Aihwa ong s work deals with particular entanglements of politics, technology, ethics and affects in rapidly changing situations on the asia pacific rim. Thomas 1988 american anthropologist wiley online library. In tune with the influence of feminist theory on the anthropology of gender, kinship, and production, ong argues that malay women factory. Aug 16, 2019 aihwa ongs flexible citizenship begins with an anecdote about hong kong business leaders who, facing the political uncertainty of the citystates imminent. In the two decades since its original publication, spirits of resistance.
Too great and at the same time too narrow a focus on spirit possession, on ong s part and in the reception of the text, has led to a misinterpretation of its content. Every textbook comes with a 21day any reason guarantee. On the basis of the evidence, the most that could be said is that it. Spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline, second. Access to society journal content varies across our titles. Factory women in malaysia anne boleyn was not beautiful, but she was irresistible, capturing the hearts of kings and commoners alike. Summer 1989 signs spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline. Bewitching women, pious men by aihwa ong, michael g. In the two decades since its original publication, spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline has become an ethnographic classic in the fields of anthropology, labor. Peletz is associate professor of anthropology at colgate university and au. A unique feature of this book is the portrayal of malay women workers in japanese factories, caught between their culture and the culture of capitalism.
Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as. Factory women in malaysia suny series in the anthropology of work second by ong, aihwa, freeman, carla isbn. Aihwa ong s spirits of resistance and capitalist disciplinerural malaysian women migrating to manufacture electronicsbrought to light the over the top surveillance and management strategies to discipline the women workers for production efficiencyalso showed womens resistance to exploitation. Aihwa ong is professor of anthropology and of south and southeast asian studies at the university of california, berkeley. A synopsis of spirits of resistance and capitalist. Drawing on fieldwork data and secondary sources, it deciphers the cryptic lan. In a recent paper, marilyn strathern notes that feminists discover themselves by becoming conscious of oppression from the other. Gender, household dynamics and rural industrialization in javauniversity of california press, 1992, pp. Desai of the asia society in new york which underwrote a series of discussions on.
In the two decades since its original publication, spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline has become an ethnographic classic in the fields of anthropology, labor studies, and gender and globalization studies. The hardcover of the spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline. Spirits of resistance and capitalist discipline factory. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. This interpretation is contrasted to the corporate view that, by using the cosmopolitan medical model, converts workers into. Aihwa ong s nuanced approach to the malay women factory workers experiences of the contradictions of modern globalized capitalism has inspired subsequent generations of feminist ethnographers in their explorations of key questions of power, resistance, femininities, religious community, and social change. Pasuk phongpaichit, from peasant girls to bangkok mas seuses geneva.
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