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The resources of poverty : women and survival in a Mexican city, Mercedes González de la Rocha

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"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
Work
Publication
Extent
xviii, 311 pages
Contents
  • 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
Instance
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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
Creator
Subject
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.
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González de la Rocha, Mercedes
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Index
index present
LC call number
HC138.G8
LC item number
G66 1994
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • bibliography
  • statistics
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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)
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The resources of poverty : women and survival in a Mexican city, Mercedes González de la Rocha
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [278]-297) and index
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Contents
  • 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
n
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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
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [278]-297) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 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
n
Other physical details
map
System control number
  • (OCoLC)29548213
  • (OCoLC)ocm29548213

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