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New edition of Aihwa Ong's classic ethnographic study of Malay women factory workers.

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. xv
List of Abbreviations	p. xxi
Capitalist Development and Cultural Experience
Spirits and Discipline in Capitalist Transformation	p. 1
Malay Peasants from Subsistence to Commodity Production	p. 11
The Kampung Society of Coastal Selangor
Tropical Confluences: Rural Society, Capital, and the State	p. 37
Sungai Jawa: Differentiation and Dispersal	p. 57
Domestic Relations: The Reconfiguration of Family Life	p. 85
Marriage Strategies: Negotiating the Future	p. 115
Neophyte Factory Women in Late Capitalism
The Modern Corporation: Manufacturing Gender Hierarchy	p. 141
Neophyte Factory Women and the Negative Image	p. 179
Spirits of Resistance	p. 195
Conclusion	p. 215
Notes	p. 223
Glossary	p. 239
Bibliography	p. 245
Index	p. 259
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