Migration, Representations and Social Relations: Experiences of Jharkhand Labour to Western Uttar Pradesh.

Studying a stream of migration from Jharkhand to western Uttar Pradesh (UP), this article focuses on the work and life experiences of migrant labour from tribal India. Based on an in-depth study of a Jharkhand village, alongside a briefer stint at the destination village in UP, it examines the micro...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Development Studies Vol. 49; no. 6; pp. 846 - 861
Main Authors: Rao, Nitya, Mitra, Amit
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jun2013
Subjects:
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=88089677&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: ssf
    uiTerm: 88089677
    longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        00220388
        JDS
      jtl: Journal of Development Studies
      issn: 00220388
      maglogo: N
    pubinfo:
      dt: Jun2013
      vid: 49
      iid: 6
      pid: 377
      pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd
    artinfo:
      ui:
        88089677
        10.1080/00220388.2013.778399
      ppf: 846
      ppct: 15
      formats:
        fmt:
          – @attributes:
              type: T
              db: hlh
              ui: 88089677
          – @attributes:
              type: P
              db: hlh
              ui: 88089677
      tig:
        atl: Migration, Representations and Social Relations: Experiences of Jharkhand Labour to Western Uttar Pradesh.
      aug:
        au:
          Rao, Nitya
          Mitra, Amit
        affil:
          School of International Developmen, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
          Independent Researcher, New Delhi, India
      su:
        Uttar Pradesh (India)
        India
        Internal migration
        Migrant labor
        Labor unions
        Group identity
        Industrial relations research
      sug:
        subj:
          Internal migration
          Migrant labor
          Labor unions
          Group identity
          Uttar Pradesh (India)
          India
          Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations
          Industrial relations research
      ab: Studying a stream of migration from Jharkhand to western Uttar Pradesh (UP), this article focuses on the work and life experiences of migrant labour from tribal India. Based on an in-depth study of a Jharkhand village, alongside a briefer stint at the destination village in UP, it examines the micro-level nuances and complexity of migrant labour movements and their often unexpected and unrecognised social consequences, particularly, the renegotiation of class and gender relations at home and the destination. Apart from pointing to the deep interconnections between the relations of production and reproduction, it demonstrates how the use of distinct representations of work and life due to spatial distanciation contribute to renegotiating both labour relations and social identities.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype: Article
      src: R
    language: English
    refInfo:
    copyright:
      @attributes:
        flag: N
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N