The Women of Azua: Work and Family in the Rural Dominican Republic - Couverture rigide

Finlay, Barbara

 
9780275932206: The Women of Azua: Work and Family in the Rural Dominican Republic
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0275932206 ISBN 13 : 9780275932206
Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 1989

Synopsis

The Women of Azua studies the effects of male-oriented economic development projects and export processing industries on the traditional family structure in Third World countries. Emphasizing the sexual division of labor, this study is based on field observations and a survey of women in rural communities in the Dominican Republic. The communities studied are all located near large agribusiness food-production facilities. The author studies the impact of these companies--through their employment of women--on families, attitudes, level of living, and the aspirations of the women themselves. While measuring the impact of industrial employment on women and their families, this volume also presents a culture, and its women, not yet studied by North American sociologists.

This study covers a wide range of characteristics including levels of living, employment, marital status and attitudes, household division of labor, nutrition and health, childbearing, aspirations for children, etc. For each topic the author compares two representative samples of women: a community sample and a worker sample. The typical woman in the rural Dominican Republic is seen through the community sample. The worker sample displays the differences in women's lives due to their work for an export food-processing company.

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À propos de l?auteur

BARBARA FINLAY is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Texas A&M University. She has published two books and a number of articles, mostly in the fields of research methods, the sociology of the family, and gender issues.

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Éditeur
Praeger Publishers Inc
Date d'édition
1989
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0275932206
ISBN 13 
9780275932206
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
204
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Personne responsable
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