Migration, Representations and Social Relations: Experiences of Jharkhand Labour to Western Uttar Pradesh
基于对贾坎德村庄和西乌塔拉普拉德目的地的田野调查，考察印度部落劳工迁移的微观复杂性，揭示迁移如何意外地重塑家庭和目的地的阶级与性别关系。
Abstract 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.