The Stigma Matrix: Gender, Globalization, and the Agency of Pakistan's Frontline

Description: The Stigma Matrix by Fauzia Husain As developing states adopt neoliberal policies, more and more working-class women find themselves pulled into the public sphere. They are pressed into wage work by a privatizing and unstable job market. Likewise, they are pulled into public roles by gender mainstreaming policies that developing states must sign on to in order to receive transnational aid. Their inclusion into the political economy is very beneficial for society, but is it also beneficial for women? 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. These women, she finds, confront a stigma matrix: a complex of local and global, historic, and contemporary factors that work together to complicate womens integration into public life. The experiences of the three groups Husain examines reveal that inclusion requires more than quotas or special seats. This book advances critical feminist and sociological frameworks on stigma and agency showing that both concepts are made up of multiple layers of meaning, and are entangled with elite projects of hegemony. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Fauzia Husain is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Queens University. Her work has been published in Signs and Poetics. Table of Contents AcknowledgmentsINTRODUCTION1. THE GLOBAL CONSTITUENTS OF SEXUALIZED STIGMAS IN PAKISTAN2. THE MESO LEVEL OF THE STIGMA MATRIX: THE CONTEXTS OF STIGMA IN FRONTLINE WORK3. VEILED DELICACY: AGENTIC RESPONSES TO STIGMA IN THE PAKISTANI POLICE FORCE4. SACRED CONDUITS: STIGMA AND THE AGENCY OF HEALTH WORKERS5. MAVENS OF MOBILITY: HOW AIRLINE WOMEN NAVIGATE STIGMA6. SPECTACULAR AGENCY: STUNNING DRAMAS OF RECRUITMENTCONCLUSION: MOVING FORWARD WITH THE STIGMA MATRIXAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex Review "This is an impressive, gorgeously written book that tackles a question of vital importance. Fauzia Husain situates stigma as a force that reaches from the historical colonial past, across decades of neoliberal global forces, and renders its micro-contextual consequences starkly in the intimate daily lives of women tasked with enacting the will of the state under incredibly difficult conditions."—Erin McDonnell, Author of Patchwork Leviathan"This remarkable and richly detailed ethnography explores how frontline women workers in Pakistan navigate the colliding norms of purdah and neoliberal economic policies. With a keen analytical eye, Fauzia Husain shows how cultural stigma is shaped, while also providing a novel and multifaceted account of womens agency. The Stigma Matrix is mandatory reading for anyone interested in gender and work in global contexts."—Rachel Rinaldo, Author of Mobilizing Piety"[The Stigma Matrix] is well written and will be accessible even to those who know little about Pakistan or Islam. Recommended."—G. M. Farr, CHOICE"The Stigma Matrix is written in an accessible manner and provides a compelling mix of ethnographic narratives and complex theoretical work. Husain provides a contemporary perspective on canonical topics such as stigma and agency and offers portable frameworks that scholars may apply in other contexts."—Sidra Kamran, Journal of Development Studies Details ISBN1503636054 Author Fauzia Husain Short Title Gender and Stigma Publisher Stanford University Press Series Globalization in Everyday Life Language English ISBN-10 1503636054 ISBN-13 9781503636057 Format Paperback Imprint Stanford University Press Place of Publication Palo Alto Country of Publication United States Year 2024 Publication Date 2024-01-30 Subtitle Gender, Globalization, and the Agency of Pakistans Frontline Women AU Release Date 2024-01-30 NZ Release Date 2024-01-30 US Release Date 2024-01-30 UK Release Date 2024-01-30 Audience Professional & Vocational DEWEY 331.4095491 Pages 306 Alternative 9781503632370 Illustrations 4 tables, 2 figures We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159347227;

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