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The Resource The resources of poverty : women and survival in a Mexican city, Mercedes González de la Rocha
The resources of poverty : women and survival in a Mexican city, Mercedes González de la Rocha
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- Summary
- "Examination of problems faced by working-class families in Guadalajara. Bringing women and children to the center of her analysis, the author explores the effects of an uneven labor market on the structure and organization of households, revealing a highly homogenous working class, united in its survival instinct and in its dependence upon the women of the family for the defense of its standards of living"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xviii, 311 pages
- Contents
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- 1. The Resources of Poverty: Urban Households, Survival, and Reproduction. The Urban Household. The Urban Household and the Labor Market. Collective Strategies versus Individual Interests. Social Networks and the Cost of Social Isolation. The Domestic Cycle or the Temporality of Private Life. Women and Survival Strategies. Gender Inequality, Conflicts, Confrontation, and Domestic Violence. Collective Demands and Political Cooptation. Methodology -- 2. Guadalajara and Working-class Households: Characteristics and Differences. Guadalajara in the Context of Latin America. The City of Contradictions: the Urban Development of Guadalajara. Characteristics of the Sample Households -- 3. The Domestic Cycle. The Domestic Cycle and the Relativity of the Structure. The Relativity of Poverty. Occupational Structure and the Domestic Cycle -- 4. Patterns of Consumption. Income and Consumption. The Daily Grind: Patterns of Consumption in Three Households -- 5. The Household: A Contradictory Unit
- The Basis of Hierarchy. Women's Work. Power Relationships: Domination and Subordination. Violence and Crises: The Permanence of the Household. Poverty: Constraint to Stay. Women's Consent: Networks, Support, and Gender Solidarity. The Role of the Church -- 6. Working-class Women in Guadalajara. Women and the Labor Market. Women's Waged Work and the Domestic Economy. The Constraints of Domestic Responsibilities on Women's Waged Work. The Domestic Burden. Women's Biographies. Education and Women's Work -- 7. Single-parent Households. Case Studies of Single-parent Households -- 8. The Penalties of Social Isolation. Social Networks. The Helpless Poor: A Deviant Case -- 9. Self-construction, Self-urbanization: Political Cooptation. Self-construction. Self-urbanization -- 10. Summary and Conclusions. The Restructuring of Domestic Life
- Isbn
- 9780631192237
- Label
- The resources of poverty : women and survival in a Mexican city
- Title
- The resources of poverty
- Title remainder
- women and survival in a Mexican city
- Statement of responsibility
- Mercedes González de la Rocha
- Subject
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- Arbeidersklasse
- Arbeidsmarkt
- Arbeidsmarkt
- Armut
- Classe ouvrière -- Mexique | Guadalajara
- Classe ouvrière -- Mexique | Guadalajara
- Famille -- Aspect économique -- Mexique | Guadalajara
- Famille -- Aspect économique | Mexique | Guadalajara
- Femmes -- Travail -- Mexique | Guadalajara
- Femmes -- Travail | Mexique | Guadalajara
- Frau
- Geschichte 1982-1992
- Gezinshuishoudingen
- Gezinshuishoudingen
- Guadalajara (Mexiko)
- Haushalt
- Households -- Economic aspects
- Households -- Economic aspects -- Mexico | Guadalajara
- Mexico -- Guadalajara
- Mexiko
- Ménages -- Mexique | Guadalajara
- Ménages -- Mexique | Guadalajara
- Pauvres -- Mexique | Guadalajara
- Pauvres -- Mexique | Guadalajara
- Poor
- Poor -- Mexico | Guadalajara
- Vrouwen
- Vrouwen
- Women -- Employment
- Women -- Employment -- Mexico | Guadalajara
- Working class
- Working class -- Mexico | Guadalajara
- Arbeidersklasse
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Examination of problems faced by working-class families in Guadalajara. Bringing women and children to the center of her analysis, the author explores the effects of an uneven labor market on the structure and organization of households, revealing a highly homogenous working class, united in its survival instinct and in its dependence upon the women of the family for the defense of its standards of living"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- González de la Rocha, Mercedes
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HC138.G8
- LC item number
- G66 1994
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- bibliography
- statistics
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Households
- Working class
- Women
- Poor
- Arbeidersklasse
- Arbeidsmarkt
- Classe ouvrière
- Famille
- Femmes
- Gezinshuishoudingen
- Ménages
- Pauvres
- Vrouwen
- Households
- Poor
- Women
- Working class
- Arbeidsmarkt
- Arbeidersklasse
- Vrouwen
- Gezinshuishoudingen
- Pauvres
- Famille
- Classe ouvrière
- Femmes
- Ménages
- Frau
- Haushalt
- Armut
- Mexico
- Mexiko
- Guadalajara (Mexiko)
- Summary URI
- http://www.loc.gov/hlas
- Label
- The resources of poverty : women and survival in a Mexican city, Mercedes González de la Rocha
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [278]-297) and index
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- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- 1. The Resources of Poverty: Urban Households, Survival, and Reproduction. The Urban Household. The Urban Household and the Labor Market. Collective Strategies versus Individual Interests. Social Networks and the Cost of Social Isolation. The Domestic Cycle or the Temporality of Private Life. Women and Survival Strategies. Gender Inequality, Conflicts, Confrontation, and Domestic Violence. Collective Demands and Political Cooptation. Methodology -- 2. Guadalajara and Working-class Households: Characteristics and Differences. Guadalajara in the Context of Latin America. The City of Contradictions: the Urban Development of Guadalajara. Characteristics of the Sample Households -- 3. The Domestic Cycle. The Domestic Cycle and the Relativity of the Structure. The Relativity of Poverty. Occupational Structure and the Domestic Cycle -- 4. Patterns of Consumption. Income and Consumption. The Daily Grind: Patterns of Consumption in Three Households -- 5. The Household: A Contradictory Unit
- The Basis of Hierarchy. Women's Work. Power Relationships: Domination and Subordination. Violence and Crises: The Permanence of the Household. Poverty: Constraint to Stay. Women's Consent: Networks, Support, and Gender Solidarity. The Role of the Church -- 6. Working-class Women in Guadalajara. Women and the Labor Market. Women's Waged Work and the Domestic Economy. The Constraints of Domestic Responsibilities on Women's Waged Work. The Domestic Burden. Women's Biographies. Education and Women's Work -- 7. Single-parent Households. Case Studies of Single-parent Households -- 8. The Penalties of Social Isolation. Social Networks. The Helpless Poor: A Deviant Case -- 9. Self-construction, Self-urbanization: Political Cooptation. Self-construction. Self-urbanization -- 10. Summary and Conclusions. The Restructuring of Domestic Life
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xviii, 311 pages
- Isbn
- 9780631192237
- Lccn
- 93048394
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)29548213
- (OCoLC)ocm29548213
- Label
- The resources of poverty : women and survival in a Mexican city, Mercedes González de la Rocha
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [278]-297) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- 1. The Resources of Poverty: Urban Households, Survival, and Reproduction. The Urban Household. The Urban Household and the Labor Market. Collective Strategies versus Individual Interests. Social Networks and the Cost of Social Isolation. The Domestic Cycle or the Temporality of Private Life. Women and Survival Strategies. Gender Inequality, Conflicts, Confrontation, and Domestic Violence. Collective Demands and Political Cooptation. Methodology -- 2. Guadalajara and Working-class Households: Characteristics and Differences. Guadalajara in the Context of Latin America. The City of Contradictions: the Urban Development of Guadalajara. Characteristics of the Sample Households -- 3. The Domestic Cycle. The Domestic Cycle and the Relativity of the Structure. The Relativity of Poverty. Occupational Structure and the Domestic Cycle -- 4. Patterns of Consumption. Income and Consumption. The Daily Grind: Patterns of Consumption in Three Households -- 5. The Household: A Contradictory Unit
- The Basis of Hierarchy. Women's Work. Power Relationships: Domination and Subordination. Violence and Crises: The Permanence of the Household. Poverty: Constraint to Stay. Women's Consent: Networks, Support, and Gender Solidarity. The Role of the Church -- 6. Working-class Women in Guadalajara. Women and the Labor Market. Women's Waged Work and the Domestic Economy. The Constraints of Domestic Responsibilities on Women's Waged Work. The Domestic Burden. Women's Biographies. Education and Women's Work -- 7. Single-parent Households. Case Studies of Single-parent Households -- 8. The Penalties of Social Isolation. Social Networks. The Helpless Poor: A Deviant Case -- 9. Self-construction, Self-urbanization: Political Cooptation. Self-construction. Self-urbanization -- 10. Summary and Conclusions. The Restructuring of Domestic Life
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xviii, 311 pages
- Isbn
- 9780631192237
- Lccn
- 93048394
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)29548213
- (OCoLC)ocm29548213
Subject
- Arbeidersklasse
- Arbeidsmarkt
- Arbeidsmarkt
- Armut
- Classe ouvrière -- Mexique | Guadalajara
- Classe ouvrière -- Mexique | Guadalajara
- Famille -- Aspect économique -- Mexique | Guadalajara
- Famille -- Aspect économique | Mexique | Guadalajara
- Femmes -- Travail -- Mexique | Guadalajara
- Femmes -- Travail | Mexique | Guadalajara
- Frau
- Geschichte 1982-1992
- Gezinshuishoudingen
- Gezinshuishoudingen
- Guadalajara (Mexiko)
- Haushalt
- Households -- Economic aspects
- Households -- Economic aspects -- Mexico | Guadalajara
- Mexico -- Guadalajara
- Mexiko
- Ménages -- Mexique | Guadalajara
- Ménages -- Mexique | Guadalajara
- Pauvres -- Mexique | Guadalajara
- Pauvres -- Mexique | Guadalajara
- Poor
- Poor -- Mexico | Guadalajara
- Vrouwen
- Vrouwen
- Women -- Employment
- Women -- Employment -- Mexico | Guadalajara
- Working class
- Working class -- Mexico | Guadalajara
- Arbeidersklasse
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