The two-headed household : gender and rural development in the Ecuadorean Andes / Sarah Hamilton.

Author/creator Hamilton, Sarah, 1946-
Format Book
Publication InfoPittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©1998.
Descriptionx, 296 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Indian women--Ecuador. --Hacienda Chanchaló. --Economic conditions.
Indian women--Ecuador. --Hacienda Chanchaló. --Social conditions.
Indians of South America--Agriculture. --Ecuador. --Hacienda Chanchaló.
Rural development--Ecuador. --Hacienda Chanchaló.
Sex role--Economic aspects. --Ecuador. --Hacienda Chanchaló.
Sex discrimination against women--Ecuador. --Hacienda Chanchaló.
Hacienda Chanchaló (Ecuador)--Economic conditions.

SeriesPitt Latin American series
Pitt Latin American series. ^A223435
Contents Gender and rural development -- An introduction to Chanchaló -- Managers, mothers, maiden, and matriarch : five women and their families -- Women's work : production and reproduction in Cantón Salcedo -- Women's control of household economic resources : the range of variation in Cantón Salcedo -- The power of balance : structural and ideological foundations of the two-headed household -- Gender and economic change in Cantón Salcedo : the myth of the masculine market -- Development and the two-headed household : lessons learned in Chanchaló.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 271-290) and index.
LCCN 98009029
ISBN0822940728 (acid-free paper)
ISBN0822956772 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks F3721.1.H33 H35 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold