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Zavella Patricia |
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Titolo |
Women's Work and Chicano Families : Cannery Workers of the Santa Clara Valley / / Patricia Zavella |
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Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 1987 |
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©1987 |
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ISBN |
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1-5017-2814-8 |
0-8014-9410-9 |
1-5017-2005-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (214 pages) |
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Collana |
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The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues |
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Soggetti |
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Working mothers - California - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) |
Work and family - California - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) |
Mexican American women - Employment - California - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) |
Women cannery workers - Family relationships - California - Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Bibliography: p. 172-187. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Preface -- 1. "Two Worlds in One": Women's Work and Family -- 2. Occupational Segregation in the Canning Industry -- 3. "It Was the Best Solution at the Time": Family 4. 'T m Not Exactly in Love with My Job": Cannery Work -- 5. "Everybody's Trying to Survive": The Impact of Women s -- 6. Six Years Later -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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At the time Women's Work and Chicano Families: Cannery Workers of the Santa Clara Valley was published, little research had been done on the relationship between the wage labor and household labor of Mexican American women. Drawing on revisionist social theories relating to Chicano family structure as well as on feminist theory, Patricia Zavella paints a compelling picture of the Chicano women who worked in northern California's fruit and vegetable canneries. Her book combines social history, shop floor ethnography, and in-depth |
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