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A Time for Tea

- Women, Labor, and Post/Colonial Politics on an Indian Plantation

About A Time for Tea

Provides an examination of the production, consumption, and circulation of tea. This book reveals how the female tea-pluckers seen in advertisements came to symbolise the heart of colonialism in India. It exposes how this image has distracted from working conditions, low wages, and coercive labour practices enforced by the patronage system.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780822326748
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 440
  • Published:
  • November 29, 2001
  • Dimensions:
  • 234x155x35 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 678 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: May 25, 2024

Description of A Time for Tea

Provides an examination of the production, consumption, and circulation of tea. This book reveals how the female tea-pluckers seen in advertisements came to symbolise the heart of colonialism in India. It exposes how this image has distracted from working conditions, low wages, and coercive labour practices enforced by the patronage system.

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