Women's Work and Chicano Families : Cannery Workers of the Santa Clara Valley /

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 struc...

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Author / Contributor: Zavella, Patricia (Author)
Imprint: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1987.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
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Series:Anthropology of contemporary issues ; 8.
Table of Contents:
  • 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