Women, Work, and Gender Relations in Developing Countries: A Global Perspective - Couverture rigide

Belanger, Claire; Ghorayshi, Parvin

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0313297975 ISBN 13 : 9780313297977

Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 1996

Synopsis

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 socio-economic structure of the society and the actual circumstances in which women find themselves. In this way, readers and scholars alike are better able to untangle the complex dynamics of gender relations and to develop strategies for social change.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

PARVIN GHORAYSHI is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Winnipeg. Her teaching and research are in the areas of the sociology of work, social theory, and economic sociology. She is currently working on a research project on women and work in the Middle East.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Praeger Publishers Inc
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0313297975
• ISBN 13: 9780313297977
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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