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Lourdes Benería and Martha Roldán

The Crossroads of Class and Gender

Industrial Homework, Subcontracting, and Household Dynamics in Mexico City

211 pages, 8 halftones, 11 line drawings, 1 map  6 x 9  © 1987
Series: Women in Culture and Society Series

Paper $29.00

ISBN: 9780226042329   Published June 1987

Foreword, by Catharine R. Stimpson
Preface by Lourdes Benería
1. Introduction and Theoretical Framework
2. The Setting: Background Data and Methodology
3. Subcontracting Links and the Dynamics of Women's Employement
Lourdes Benería
4. The Nature of Industrial Homework
Lourdes Benería
5. Class, Gender, and Work Trajectories
Appendix: Three Typical Work Histories
Martha Roldán
6. Class, Gender, and Asymmetrical Exchanges Within Households
Martha Roldán
7. The Marriage Contract: Renegotiation and Consciousness
Martha Roldán
8. Developments as If Women Mattered
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Subjects



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