Abstract
Meghna Guhathakurta looks at the shrimp industry in southwestern Bangladesh as a case that illustrates how global capitalism is linking with the local economy. She examines the impact of the shrimp industry on gender relations taking into account the overall socioeconomic and structural transformation that is taking place within the region.
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I am grateful to Sayema Khatun for providing me with the recordings of interviews, which she conducted as part of her field research in the area, some of which has been used in the writing of this paper.
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Illustrates how global capitalism is interlinked with the local economy
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Guhathakurta, M. Globalization, Class and Gender Relations: The shrimp industry in southwestern Bangladesh. Development 51, 212–219 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1057/dev.2008.15
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/dev.2008.15