• List of Tables and Figures; Preface: field, subject, author; Acknowledgements; Language Note; 1. Women caught between global capitalism and South Korean patriarchy; 2. The process of production in the Masan Free Export Zone; 3. The myth of social mobility: its creation and reproduction among women workers; 4. Labor militancy and collective action; 5. The making of working class identity: students' theories and workers' lives; 6. Conclusion; References; Index.

' … The strength of this book lies in the way Kim inter-relates discussions of global and national political-economic context, class, and gender with individual experience and identity. This is how good research and writing on the anthropology of work should be done … a clearly written, sophisticated, and critical yet sensitive portrayal. It will be of use to readers interested in the gender and class nature of the work experiences and labour activism of South Korean women and, more broadly, to readers interested in the anthropology of women's work in industrial settings in Asia and throughout the global capitalist system.' Anthropology of Work Review