Tribal Woman Labourers: Aspects of Economic and Physical Exploitation

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In the tribal societies women contribute to the working force in a more substantial way than the women in non-tribal societies. But the tribal women’s contribution to working force has been confined largely to meeting the needs of their own subsistence agricultural economy. In the last over three decades, many large-scale irrigation and power projects, mining projects, industrial projects, and forest and wildlife projects have been taken up in the tribal areas. While the establishment of these projects have led to the displacement of a large number of tribals from their land-based economy, it has also opened new vistas of employment for tribal women in various types of occupation which arise in the wake of industrialization of a backward area. With the opening of mines and industries in tribal areas, a large number of tribal women have been drawn into occupations hitherto unknown to them in their subsistence agricultural economy. However, this new wave of employment opportunities for tribal women has also paved the way for their economic and physical exploitations. The freedom enjoyed by the tribal women in their own social system has been mistaken for license by the non-tribal labour agents, employers and other anti-social elements. The tribal woman labourers are not only subjected to work under adverse living conditions by denying them minimum wages, extracting work beyond normal working hours etc, but also have to succumb to satisfy the carnal desires of their ruthless employers. The tribal women’s participation in the unskilled industrial labour force has, thus, led to the break-up of their family ties, erosion of the authority of the village headman and traditional tribal social structure. The present publication is the most comprehensive exposition of the various aspects of economic and physical exploitations of the tribal women engaged as unskilled indutrial labour force.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sushma Sahay Prasad

Dr. (Mrs.) Sushma Sahay Prasad (b. 1955) obtained her Master’s degree in Social Anthropology from Ranchi University in 1976 and later in 1984 was awarded Ph.D. degree from the same university. Dr. (Mrs.) Prasad also holds Master’s degree in Education which she obtained from Ranchi University in the year 1987. In the year 1981 she was awarded Research Fellowship by the Ministry of Home Affairs (Tribal Division), Government of India, for undertaking research on “Tribal Woman Labourers of Ranchi District”. As a recognition of her outstanding contribution to research in Social Anthropology, she was honoured with the prestigious ‘Critic Circle Award’ in 1983. She is presently engaged in her post-doctoral research on “Rural Women and Development”.

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Title
Tribal Woman Labourers: Aspects of Economic and Physical Exploitation
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8121201934
Length
xii+224p., Maps; Tables; Appendices; b/w Plates; Bibliography; Index;22cm.
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