Author : Jan Breman
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
ISBN 13 : 9053566422
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (535 download)
Book Synopsis Working in the Mill No More by : Jan Breman
Download or read book Working in the Mill No More written by Jan Breman and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mixing narrative and images, this book provides a stark account of the collapse of the textile industry in Ahmedabad. Over a four-year period, the author, accompanied by photographer Parthiv Shah, found out what had happened to their previous informants. Hindus and Muslims alike remembered a shared past of working in the same mills and living in the same neighborhoods. Then, following the 2002 riots, the community suffered its final fractures of religious hate. The stories and images here form a unique record of the social consequences of mass pauperization, a record that pays special attention to the coping mechanisms of women in preserving the basic fabric of family.