Stigma matrix, the: gender, globalization, and the agency of pakistan's frontline women
Auteur :
Husain, Fauzia
Éditeur :
Stanford University Press
ISBN :
9781503632370
Date de publication :
30 janv. 2024
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Format :
Cloth
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
As developing states adopt neoliberal policies, more and more working-class women find themselves pulled into the public sphere. In The Stigma Matrix Fauzia Husain draws on the experiences of policewomen, lady health workers, and airline attendants, all frontline workers who help the Pakistani state, and its global allies, address, surveil, and discipline veiled women citizens.