The myth of the male breadwinner women and industrialization in the Caribbean

"Comparative sociohistorical study examines interplay of the economy and gender relationships in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. Offers extended treatment of the impact of Operation Bootstrap on Puerto Rican women and gender relationships, the impact on women of the Dominican Rep...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Safa, Helen Icken
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder Westview Press 1995, 1995
Series:Conflict and social change series
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Collection: Anthropology Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:"Comparative sociohistorical study examines interplay of the economy and gender relationships in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. Offers extended treatment of the impact of Operation Bootstrap on Puerto Rican women and gender relationships, the impact on women of the Dominican Republic's economic crisis and export manufacturing option of the 1980s, and the development of mass organizations for women in Cuba"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 208 p.) ill. (24 cm.)