SUICIDE NARRATIVES AND IN-BETWEEN IDENTITIES AMONG SRI LANKA'S FACTORY WORKERS

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Hewamanne, Sandya [1 ]
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[1] Wake Forest Univ, Winston Salem, NC 27109 USA
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Suicide narratives; identity negotiations; ritual healers; Sri Lanka; WOMEN; MODERNITY; SORCERY; GENDER;
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The suicide narratives (talk, jokes, threats, and writings) of Sri Lanka's Free Trade Zone garment factory workers help them survive difficult lives in the city. The narratives mix and match the cultural discourses they straddle as young, unmarried village women who migrate to work in transnational factories. Suicide narratives are a local response to global capital and cultural flows. They let the workers express gains and losses of their in-between lives as temporary residents in an urban, transnational space. The article explores gender norms, class cultures, and what these narratives mean for transformative politics. (Suicide narratives, identity negotiations, ritual healers, Sri Lanka)
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