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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779197403321

Autore

Neysmith Sheila

Titolo

Beyond caring labour to provisioning work / / Sheila M. Neysmith [and five others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-4426-9573-0

1-4426-9572-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Disciplina

331.4086/240971

Soggetti

Poor women - Canada

Poor women - Employment - Canada

Poor women - Canada - Social conditions

Women in community development - Canada

Informal sector (Economics) - Canada

Electronic books.

Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 An Introduction: Conceptialising the Work of WOmen in the 21st Century -- Chapter 2 Securing the Future by Positioning the Past in the Present -- Section A. Chapter 3 Provisioning Responsibilities of Women: Relationships Shape the Work -- Chapter 4 Collective Provisioning: Naming the Work of Vital Spaces -- Section B. Chapter 5 Producing Racial Knowledge in Community Programmes for 'At Risk' Young Women -- Chapter 6 Provisioning for Children in a Low Income Community -- Chapter 7 Revealing Older Women's Provisioning Responsibilities -- Chapter 8 Counting the Costs of Provisioning for Women Living on Low Incomes -- Section C. Chapter 9 Collective Spaces as Incubators of Citizenship -- Chapter 10 A Sharing of Life's Glories -- Appendix 1.

Sommario/riassunto

Beyond Caring Labour to Provisioning Work offers a powerful new framework for understanding women's work in a holistic sense,



acknowledging both their responsibilities in supporting others as well as their employment duties.