Items related to A Time for Tea: Women, Labor, and Post/Colonial Politics...
A Time for Tea: Women, Labor, and Post/Colonial Politics on an Indian Plantation (a John Hope Franklin Center Book) - Softcover
Synopsis
In this creative, ethnographic, and historical critique of labor practices on an Indian plantation, Piya Chatterjee provides a sophisticated examination of the production, consumption, and circulation of tea. A Time for Tea reveals how the female tea-pluckers seen in advertisements—picturesque women in mist-shrouded fields—came to symbolize the heart of colonialism in India. Chatterjee exposes how this image has distracted from terrible working conditions, low wages, and coercive labor practices enforced by the patronage system.
Allowing personal, scholarly, and artistic voices to speak in turn and in tandem, Chatterjee discusses the fetishization of women who labor under colonial, postcolonial, and now neofeudal conditions. In telling the overarching story of commodity and empire, A Time for Tea demonstrates that at the heart of these narratives of travel, conquest, and settlement are compelling stories of women workers. While exploring the global and political dimensions of local practices of gendered labor, Chatterjee also reflects on the privileges and paradoxes of her own “decolonization” as a Third World feminist anthropologist. The book concludes with an extended reflection on the cultures of hierarchy, power, and difference in the plantation’s villages. It explores the overlapping processes by which gender, caste, and ethnicity constitute the interlocked patronage system of villages and their fields of labor. The tropes of coercion, consent, and resistance are threaded through the discussion.
A Time for Tea will appeal to anthropologists and historians, South Asianists, and those interested in colonialism, postcolonialism, labor studies, and comparative or international feminism.
Designated a John Hope Franklin Center book by the John Hope Franklin Seminar Group on Race, Religion, and Globalization.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
From the Back Cover
"This is a finely layered, theoretically astute and informed cultural and historical account of a tea plantation in India. The ethnography is not content to address localized politics and culture; its importance lies in the way in which it reveals the global and political dimensions of local practices of gendered labor."--Inderpal Grewal, author of "Home and Harem: Nation, Gender, Empire, and the Cultures of Travel"
About the Author
Piya Chatterjee is Associate Professor of Women’s Studies at the University of California, Riverside.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherDuke University Press Books
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0822326744
- ISBN 13 9780822326748
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages440
- Rating
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Search results for A Time for Tea: Women, Labor, and Post/Colonial Politics...
Stock Image
A Time for Tea: Women, Labor, and Post/Colonial Politics on an Indian Plantation (a John Hope Franklin Center Book)
Published by
Duke University Press Books, 2001
ISBN 10: 0822326744
ISBN 13: 9780822326748
Used
Softcover
Seller: Shakespeare Book House, Rockford, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Condition: Acceptable. Item in acceptable condition including possible liquid damage. As well answers may be filled in. May be missing DVDs, CDs, Access code, etc. 100%Money-Back Guarantee! Ship within 24 hours!!. Seller Inventory # 570Q1Y002WPA_ns
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
A Time for Tea: Women, Labor, and Post/Colonial Politics on an Indian Plantation (a John Hope Franklin Center Book)
Published by
Duke University Press Books, 2001
ISBN 10: 0822326744
ISBN 13: 9780822326748
Used
paperback
Seller: HPB-Emerald, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!. Seller Inventory # S_413574900
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
A Time for Tea : Women, Labor, and Post/Colonial Politics on an Indian Plantation
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 9085517-6
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
A Time for Tea: Women, Labor, and Post/Colonial Politics on an Indian Plantation (a John Hope Franklin Center Book)
Published by
Duke University Press Books, 2001
ISBN 10: 0822326744
ISBN 13: 9780822326748
Used
Paperback
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Acceptable - This is a significantly damaged book. It should be considered a reading copy only. Please order this book only if you are interested in the content and not the condition. May be ex-library. PAPERBACK Standard-sized. Seller Inventory # M0822326744Z4
Quantity: 2 available
Stock Image
A Time for Tea: Women, Labor, and Post/Colonial Politics on an Indian Plantation (a John Hope Franklin Center Book)
Published by
Duke University Press Books, 2001
ISBN 10: 0822326744
ISBN 13: 9780822326748
Used
Paperback
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good paperback with light shelfwear - NICE! Standard-sized. Seller Inventory # mon0000236622
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
A Time for Tea: Women, Labor, and Post/Colonial Politics on an Indian Plantation (a John Hope Franklin Center Book)
Published by
Duke University Press Books, 2001
ISBN 10: 0822326744
ISBN 13: 9780822326748
Used
Softcover
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Shows only minor signs of wear, and very minimal markings inside (if any). 1.54. Seller Inventory # 353-0822326744-vrg
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
A Time for Tea: Women, Labor, and Post/Colonial Politics on an Indian Plantation (A John Hope Franklin Center Book)
Published by
Duke University Press Books, 2001
ISBN 10: 0822326744
ISBN 13: 9780822326748
Used
Paperback
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001987467
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
A Time for Tea: Women, Labor, and Post/Colonial Politics on an Indian Plantation (a John Hope Franklin Center Book)
Published by
Duke University Press Books, 2001
ISBN 10: 0822326744
ISBN 13: 9780822326748
New
paperback
Seller: PlumCircle, West Mifflin, PA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
paperback. Condition: New. New item in gift quality condition. 99% of orders arrive in 4-10 days. Discounted shipping on multiple books. Seller Inventory # mon0001275883
Quantity: 3 available
Stock Image
A Time for Tea: Women, Labor, and Post/Colonial Politics on an Indian Plantation (a John Hope Franklin Center Book)
Published by
Duke University Press Books, 2001
ISBN 10: 0822326744
ISBN 13: 9780822326748
Used
paperback
Seller: Textbooks_Source, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
paperback. Condition: Good. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes). Seller Inventory # 000550172U
Quantity: 5 available
Stock Image
A Time for Tea: Women, Labor, and Post/Colonial Po
Published by
Duke University Press Books, 2001
ISBN 10: 0822326744
ISBN 13: 9780822326748
Used
Softcover
Seller: N. Fagin Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
2001. Asia. Duke Univetsity Press. Very good - fine paperback/wrappers ecept for slight bump along bottom front of corner due to original shipping 417p. Seller Inventory # -1795944283
Quantity: 1 available