Tejer desde la infancia: : niñas trabajadoras y agencia política en la producción de alfombras en Irán

Iraís Fuentes Arzate

doi:10.35305/cl.vi24.166

Authors

Iraís Fuentes Arzate Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35305/cl.vi24.166

Keywords:

Girl weavers, Child labor, Agency, Persian carpets, Iran

Abstract

This article offers a critical analysis of the labor of girls in Persian carpet weaving in Iran, focusing on both the structural conditions that enable it and the forms of agency they exercise within contexts of expropriation. Drawing on a materialist feminist approach, it problematizes the naturalization of girls’ labor as part of a sexual and generational division of labor, and challenges hegemonic notions of what is considered childhood, labor, and political action. The text reclaims carpet-weaving girls as producers of knowledge and memory, recognizing in their everyday practices situated forms of agency that operate even under conditions of subordination. Based on academic sources in English and Persian, the article proposes a critical reading of children's participation in textile production by articulating an analysis of their material conditions with the meanings the girls themselves attribute to their work.

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