The chapters in this collection are based on qualitative fieldwork studies and collectively offer the reader a perspective on women, work, and gender relations that is at once multidisciplinary and feminist. Women's work in the household, agriculture, industry, and in the so-called informal sector is explored with a concern for the ways in which gender, class, and ethnicity are constructed by the larger socioeconomic structures in which women live. By taking concrete analyses of women's lives as their point of departure, the contributors to this volume strive to bridge the gap between...
The chapters in this collection are based on qualitative fieldwork studies and collectively offer the reader a perspective on women, work, and gend...
Feminist scholars have shown that women have a long history of productive work outside the home, and current research has focussed on the distinct nature of women's work and the role of women in the workforce. While much attention has been given to industrialized nations, this volume provides a comprehensive bibliographic record of books, articles, dissertations, and audiovisual sources on women and work in developing countries.
The first chapter of the book provides entries for general works and for works of a theoretical nature, and is divided into sections on the global economy,...
Feminist scholars have shown that women have a long history of productive work outside the home, and current research has focussed on the distinct ...
