The “good girls” of Sri Lankan modernity: Moral orders of nationalism and capitalism

IF 1.9 3区社会学 Q1 CULTURAL STUDIES

Identities-Global Studies in Culture and Power Pub Date : 1999-06-01 DOI:10.1080/1070289X.1999.9962636

Caitrin Lynch

引用次数: 41

Abstract

In the Sri Lankan garment industry the term “good girls” refers to moral character and industrial productivity: a good girl both embodies Sinhala Buddhist traditions and is an efficient and productive factory worker. The “good girl” concept symbolizes a conjuncture of nationalist and capitalist gender ideals during this time of ethnic conflict and industrial development in the country. Although the women workers agree with many of the gendered characterizations implied by the term “good girls,” they do not uncritically follow nationalist and capitalist moral scripts. Rather, they mobilize the good girl identity for advantages inside and outside the factory. This essay brings together an account of the ways in which gender is configured in relation to discourses of Sinhala Buddhist nationalism and practices of capitalism in Sri Lanka with an analysis of how female village garment workers make these discourses and practices meaningful in their own lives.

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斯里兰卡现代性的“好女孩”:民族主义和资本主义的道德秩序

在斯里兰卡服装业，“好女孩”一词指的是道德品质和工业生产力:一个好女孩既体现了僧伽罗佛教传统，也是一个高效和生产的工厂工人。在这个民族冲突和国家工业发展的时期，“好女孩”的概念象征着民族主义和资本主义性别理想的结合。虽然女工们同意“好女孩”一词所暗示的许多性别特征，但她们并不是不加批判地遵循民族主义和资本主义的道德脚本。相反，她们利用好女孩的身份在工厂内外获得优势。这篇文章汇集了一个关于斯里兰卡僧伽罗佛教民族主义话语和资本主义实践中性别配置方式的描述，并分析了农村服装女工如何使这些话语和实践在她们自己的生活中有意义。

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Identities-Global Studies in Culture and Power Multiple-

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3.70

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5.90%

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期刊介绍： Identities explores the relationship of racial, ethnic and national identities and power hierarchies within national and global arenas. It examines the collective representations of social, political, economic and cultural boundaries as aspects of processes of domination, struggle and resistance, and it probes the unidentified and unarticulated class structures and gender relations that remain integral to both maintaining and challenging subordination. Identities responds to the paradox of our time: the growth of a global economy and transnational movements of populations produce or perpetuate distinctive cultural practices and differentiated identities.