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What does it mean to be free? Maycocks work on bonded labour in South Asia is an important contribution to the discussions and debates around modern slavery. By paying attention to the emergent expressions, perceptions and experiences of freedom, this book links the ethnographic specificity of the Kamaiya system of Nepal with the more significant global debates on contemporary slavery. Maycock adds to our understanding of subaltern masculinities and the historical and political contexts of masculinity and servitude.

Radhika Chopra, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology,
University of Delhi, India

This is an extremely valuable addition to the growing body of work that addresses masculine identities in the South Asian context. The books ethnographic focus on subaltern masculinities is still a largely under-explored topic for the region. Maycocks analysis of the lives and actions of men from the Kamaiya (bonded labour) community of Nepal not only provides important insights into the meaning of slavery and freedom, but also allows for a sophisticated understanding of relationships between masculinity and the symbolism of property, consumption, education, marriage, fatherhood and family life. The book will be of great interest to both scholars and practitioners who seek a nuanced engagement with processes of development.

Sanjay Srivastava, Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, India

This book is about the complexity in one of the oldest forms of slavery in the world, the Kamaiya slavery of Nepal. Kamaiya slavery is equally complicateda cocktail of the caste system, religion, warped masculinity, violence, ethnic discrimination, and a tough, physical environment. This book provides exactly the kind of insight we need to get to grips with the slavery of today. It pries us loose from simplistic know-it-all ideas that conceal the tangled and tortuous, but crucial, facts and understanding we need to move from slavery to liberation. Very importantly in this book, we hear from slaves and the survivors of slavery, the very voices that are normally neglected yet have the truest sense of slavery. Recommended!

Kevin Bales, Professor of Contemporary Slavery,
University of Nottingham, UK

Masculinity and Modern Slavery in Nepal

South Asia is the region with the highest number of slaves globally according to the Global Slavery Index. Bonded labour affects between 15 and 20 million labourers within the region, and is shaped by locally specific interconnections between ethnicity, class, caste and, critically, gender structures. Masculinity and Modern Slavery in Nepal explores the role of masculinity in shaping the structures and experience of slavery and subsequent freedom.

While many I/NGOs and human rights organisations use freedom from slavery as a powerful and emotive goal, the lived reality of freedom for many bonded labourers often results in disappointment and frustration as they navigate diverse expectations of masculinity. Taking Nepal as a case study, the book illustrates how mens gendered experiences of bondedness and freedom can inform perspectives on the transition to freedom and modernity in South Asia more broadly. Researchers of modern slavery, gender studies, and South Asian studies will be interested in the rich analysis on offer in this book.

Matthew Maycock is a Learning and Development Researcher at the Scottish Prison Service, UK and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow.

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Masculinity and Modern Slavery in Nepal

Transitions into Freedom

Matthew Maycock

Masculinity and Modern Slavery in Nepal

Transitions into Freedom

Matthew Maycock

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Names: Maycock, Matthew, author.

Title: Masculinity and modern slavery in Nepal : transitions into freedom / Matthew Maycock.

Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019. | Series: Routledge ISS gender, sexuality and development studies | Includes index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018042270 (print) | LCCN 2018043430 (ebook) | ISBN 9780203730751 (Master) | ISBN 9781351398404 (Adobe Reader) | ISBN 9781351398398 (ePub) | ISBN 9781351398381 (Mobipocket unencrypted) | ISBN 9781138303782 (hardback) | ISBN 9780203730751 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: MasculinityNepal. | MenIdentity. | SlaveryNepal. | Slave laborNepal.

Classification: LCC HQ1090.7.N35 (ebook) | LCC HQ1090.7.N35 M39 2019 (print) | DDC 306.3/62095496dc23

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