Thiefing a chance : factory work, illicit labor, and neoliberal subjectivities in Trinidad /
"When an IMF-backed program of liberalization opened Trinidad's borders to foreign ready-made apparel, global competition damaged the local industry and unraveled worker entitlements and expectations but also presented new economic opportunities for engaging the "global" market....
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Boulder :
University Press of Colorado,
2015.
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Table of Contents:
- List of illustrations
- Map of trinidad
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Being a factory the signature way
- Raced and emplaced : the signature fashions workers
- "Is we own factory" : thiefing a chance on the shop floor
- "Keeping up with style" : the struggle for skill
- "Use a next hand" : risk, injury the body at work
- "Kidnapping go build back we economy" : criminal tropes in neoliberal capitalism
- Conclusions: work, risk and love
- Endnotes
- Bibliography.