ABSTRACT
This chapter seeks to review and reassess some of the debates concerning the experience and interpretation of women’s incorporation into the waged labour force at a time when industrial production, particularly for export, has become one of the most successful strategies for developing countries seeking to achieve economic growth and development. In this connection I deal with some of the responses to earlier work by myself and Diane Elson based on strongly articulated accusations that we presented a ‘stereotypical’ view of women workers ‘which is remarkably homogenous and generally negative’ (Lim, 1990: 111).
