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A 5 page review of this book that is useful for business as well as for cultural anthropology. The women of Barbados have been instrumental in defining what constitutes the “ideal” worker for the multinational organization. Both the ease with which these women have assumed their new roles and the struggles they face to distinguish themselves from other types of workers contribute to the emergence of a new class, the “pink collar” labor force. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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this paper properly! Introduction Publisher notes used to help sell Freemans High Tech and High Heels in the Global Economy: Women,
Work, and Pink-Collar Identities in the Caribbean online all note that the book is contained under their business headings. Reviewers, however, so far have come from the discipline of
social anthropology, Freeman herself is on faculty at Atlantas Emory University in that universitys anthropology department. This is not the source of
confusion of purpose that it could appear to be. The study of business itself is a social science, and it is reasonable to apply other social sciences to its
study as well. Further, the issue of women in the workplace has been a topic of discussion in developed nations for years. That Freeman would address the same
issues in another setting also is reasonable. Still, the reviews that do exist are mixed. One casual customer reviewer at the site
of Amazon.com gives the book a very high rating, while a reviewer in a peer-reviewed cultural anthropology journal accuses Freeman of using far too much theory (Wardle, 2001). The
variation of levels of acceptance of the book reflect its difficult subject matter. The Setting There have been volumes both written and spoken
about possible and confirmed instances of the existence of sweatshop conditions in offshore manufacturing. Stories of sweatshops within the US arise occasionally, the one gaining the most notoriety in
recent years has focused on those manufacturing clothing for Wal-Marts Kathie Lee line. In 1996, the National Labor Committee sponsored a two-month speaking tour featuring young women formerly employed
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