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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827391203321

Autore

Bourque Susan Carolyn <1943->

Titolo

Women of the Andes : patriarchy and social change in two Peruvian towns / / Susan C. Bourque and Kay Barbara Warren

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c1981

ISBN

1-282-59748-5

9786612597480

0-472-02153-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations, plates

Collana

The Women and culture series

Altri autori (Persone)

WarrenKay B. <1947->

Disciplina

305.420985

Soggetti

Women - Peru

Women - Peru - Chucchin

Women - Peru - Mayobamba

Chucchin (Peru) Social conditions

Mayobamba (Peru) Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-236) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents ""; ""Introduction ""; ""I Mother's Day: Ritual Ironies and Realities ""; ""II Analyzing Women's Subordination: Issues, Distortions, and Definitions ""; ""III Analyzing Women's Subordination: Alternative Frameworks ""; ""IV Childbirth, Marriage, and Family Politics ""; ""V The Sexual Division of the Economy ""; ""VI Women's Positions in the Agrarian Class System ""; ""VII Consciousness and Participation in a Patriarchal Power Structure ""; ""VIII Women, Social Change, and National Development ""; ""IX The Dynamics of Sexual Subordination ""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Index ""; ""Illustrations ""

Sommario/riassunto

Studies women of two Peruvian highland communities and the cultural implications of gender differences.