How Long to Read Spirits of Resistance and Capitalist Discipline

How Long Does it Take to Read Spirits of Resistance and Capitalist Discipline?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 50 minutes to read Spirits of Resistance and Capitalist Discipline by Aihwa Ong

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Why are Malay women workers periodically seized by spirit possession on the shopfloors of modern factories? In this book, Aihwa Ong captures the disruptions, conflicts, and ambivalences in the lives of Malay women and their families as they make the transition from peasant society to industrial production. To discover the meaning that the market economy and wage labor hold for Malay peasants, Ong conducted anthropological field work in an agricultural district in Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia, which is undergoing rapid proletarianization. Weaving together history, ethnography, and quantitative analysis, she addresses many questions pertaining to peasants and state policies. The book shows how the diverging roles of young men and women are increasingly channelled, by educational and labor market pressures, toward conformity with corporate culture and capitalist discipline. A unique feature of this book is the portrayal of Malay women workers in Japanese factories, caught between their culture and the culture of capitalism. Ong argues that cultural values and practices—both Islamic-Malay and foreign—are reworked and reconstituted in the industrial hierarchy. Her vivid accounts of hysterical episodes, violent incidents, and women’s self-perceptions provide insights into their attitudes toward capitalist relations. By illuminating the encounter of Malay peasants with global industrial production, the book also throws light on the attitude of neophyte wage workers elsewhere in the Third World.

How long is Spirits of Resistance and Capitalist Discipline?

Spirits of Resistance and Capitalist Discipline by Aihwa Ong is 290 pages long, and a total of 72,500 words.

This makes it 98% the length of the average book. It also has 89% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Spirits of Resistance and Capitalist Discipline Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 36 minutes to read Spirits of Resistance and Capitalist Discipline aloud.

What Reading Level is Spirits of Resistance and Capitalist Discipline?

Spirits of Resistance and Capitalist Discipline is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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