Today there is a growing debate about the effects of paid employment on women. Some observers argue that paid employment is the key to gender equality because it raises women's class consciousness and reduces their isolation within the home and their dependence on a male's wages. Others suggest that paid employment merely increases women's burden and reinforces their subordination, locking them into poorly paid, dead-end jobs.This book examines the debate through studies of women industrial workers in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba. The percentage of women in the labor force...
Today there is a growing debate about the effects of paid employment on women. Some observers argue that paid employment is the key to gender equality...
Significant because it] traces the development process from the non-industrial societies to present-day socialist nations, includes scholars from the first and third worlds, and provides data for a comparative analysis of structural changes in gender relations, links production and reproduction, and redefines work to encompass women's invisible' work.
"Gender and Society"
Significant because it] traces the development process from the non-industrial societies to present-day socialist nations, includes scholars from ...
Significant because it] traces the development process from the non-industrial societies to present-day socialist nations, includes scholars from the first and third worlds, and provides data for a comparative analysis of structural changes in gender relations, links production and reproduction, and redefines work to encompass women's invisible' work.
"Gender and Society"
Significant because it] traces the development process from the non-industrial societies to present-day socialist nations, includes scholars from ...
A fine collection . . . this is a volume every person with interests in the social sciences and/or Latin America should read. "American Anthropologist"
Outlines in impressive detail the dimensions of women's powerlessness and shows the rich array of strategies women use to survive the oppression of their daily lives. "Women's Review of Books"
A fine collection . . . this is a volume every person with interests in the social sciences and/or Latin America should read. "American Anthropolog...
A fine collection . . . this is a volume every person with interests in the social sciences and/or Latin America should read. "American Anthropologist"
Outlines in impressive detail the dimensions of women's powerlessness and shows the rich array of strategies women use to survive the oppression of their daily lives. "Women's Review of Books"
A fine collection . . . this is a volume every person with interests in the social sciences and/or Latin America should read. "American Anthropolog...
