Industrialization in the tangerang regency of West Java: Women workers and the Islamic Patriarchy

If she had followed in her mother's footsteps, Nyi would have become a domestic servant. For the women of her hamlet who have no land to cultivate or capital to trade, becoming a servant in the neighboring town has long been the best way to earn a living before being married. Now, many factories have arrived in the villages where Nyi grew up, and Nyi has become a factory worker instead. Her job is packing medicines.