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Migration, Representations and Social Relations: Experiences of Jharkhand Labour to Western Uttar Pradesh

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  • Nitya Rao
  • Amit Mitra

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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.

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  • Nitya Rao & Amit Mitra, 2013. "Migration, Representations and Social Relations: Experiences of Jharkhand Labour to Western Uttar Pradesh," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(6), pages 846-860, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:49:y:2013:i:6:p:846-860
    DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2013.778399
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    1. Sudeshna Sengupta, 2020. "Organising Work as Migrant Domestic Workers and Construction Workers in the National Capital Region of India," The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Springer;The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), vol. 63(4), pages 1165-1182, December.
    2. Sanhita Sucharita, 2020. "Socio-economic Determinants of Temporary Labour Migration in Western Jharkhand, India," Millennial Asia, , vol. 11(2), pages 226-251, August.
    3. Rao, Nitya & Pradhan, Mamata & Roy, Devesh, 2017. "Gender justice and food security in India: A review," IFPRI discussion papers 1600, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    4. Nitya Rao & Nivedita Narain & Shuvajit Chakraborty & Arundhita Bhanjdeo & Ayesha Pattnaik, 2020. "Destinations Matter: Social Policy and Migrant Workers in the Times of Covid," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 32(5), pages 1639-1661, December.

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