{"product_id":"connective-tissue-factory-accidents-and-reconstructive-plastic-surgery-in-south-india-paperback-softback-9781978841529","title":"Connective Tissue; Factory Accidents and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery in South India (Paperback \/ softback) 9781978841529","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eConnective Tissue\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFactory Accidents and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery in South India\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLily N. Shapiro (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781978841529\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 July 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e204 pages, 17 b-w images\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAn ethnography of factory accidents and their attendant reconstructive plastic surgeries in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, \u003ci\u003eConnective Tissue\u003c\/i\u003e explores notions of risk, work and labor practices, and the way meaning is made from experiences of trauma, care, and recovery. The book charts a rough chronology of the accident-from the workspace that preceded it, the transformation of the workspace by the accident, through journeys to and treatment in the hospital, and then the various and complex ways in which the accident reverberates into the future during recovery.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eConnective Tissue\u003c\/i\u003e revisits scholarship on factory labor by analyzing the accident as constitutive of the experience of work itself, and it refines existing conversations about the body, trauma, and care by introducing an analysis informed by theories of labor and production. Author Lily N. Shapiro argues that care does not happen in spite of or on the margins of capitalism, but rather that capitalism happens in and through care and caring relations. These experiences are intersected by identities of caste, class, and gender, and entangled in state discourse about labor rights, welfare, and industrial law.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword by Lenore Manderson\u003cbr\u003e Note on transliteration\u003cbr\u003e Introduction    \u003cbr\u003e 1. “\u003cbr\u003eAre these machines dangerous?”\u003cbr\u003e: Factory Accidents, Risk, and Labor\u003cbr\u003e 2. Paḻakkam: Habit, Care, and Recovery\u003cbr\u003e 3. Form, function, and productivity at the hospital\u003cbr\u003e 4. Futures, care, and capitalism    \u003cbr\u003e 5. Labor law and responsibility    \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: What is a hand?\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Foreword by Lenore Manderson ix\u003cbr\u003e Note on Transliteration xiii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e 1 “\u003cbr\u003eAre These\u003cbr\u003e Machines Dangerous?”\u003cbr\u003e: Factory\u003cbr\u003e Accidents, Risk, and Labor\u003cbr\u003e 27\u003cbr\u003e 2 Paḻakkam: Habit, Care, and Recovery 57\u003cbr\u003e 3 Form, Function, and Productivity at the Hospital 83\u003cbr\u003e 4 Futures,\u003cbr\u003e Care, and Capitalism 109\u003cbr\u003e 5 Labor\u003cbr\u003e Law and Responsibility 125\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: What Is a Hand? 147\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e 155\u003cbr\u003e Notes 159\u003cbr\u003e References 167\u003cbr\u003e Index 000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52640491012376,"sku":"9781978841529","price":24.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/connective-tissue-factory-accidents-and-reconstructive-plastic-surgery-in-south-india-paperback-softback-9781978841529","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}