Strange reciprocity : mainstreaming women's work in Tepoztlán in the "decade of the new economy" / Sidney S. Perutz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perutz, Sidney S., 1933-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indian women--Mexico--Tepoztlán--Economic conditions.

Indian women.

Women--Employment--Mexico--Tepoztlán.

Women.

Indians of Mexico--Commerce--Mexico--Tepoztlán.

Indians of Mexico.

Indians of Mexico--Commerce.

Women--Employment.

Economic conditions.

Tepoztlán (Mexico)--Economic conditions.

Tepoztlán (Mexico).

Mexico--Tepoztlán.

Physical Description:

xvii, 263 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2008]

Summary:

"This time show us like we really are!" This mandate from Dona Clara, homemaker and market merchant in the community of Tepoztlan, makes explicit the dimensions of this concertedly empirical, multidisciplinary study. Tepoztecas, members of one of the first New World populations to have their labor globally feminized, have continuously adjusted to production and reproduction systems that rely on gender inequalities. Sidney S. Perutz demystifies and provides a history of women's work during the period of 1990 to 2000, a time of great transformation for Tepoztecas on the frontlines of massive economic, social, and political challenges. As these women adapt the profoundly gendered New Economy constraints to their advantage through the implementation of workside transactions, a new set of gender evolves accordingly. Perutz demonstrates the challenges faced by these small economies and the challenges they present to the ideologies and technologies of the big economies of the winners. Strange Reciprocity will appeal to all levels of students of anthropology, women's studies, and Latin American studies.

Contents:

Mainstreaming women's work processes : a strange reciprocity

Articulating Tepozteca into commodity culture(s)

Local/global constellations

Women's work in and out of economic space and time

Counting and measuring gender, 1990-2000

New economy housework

Three primary feminized occupations

Making the market system work, 1990-2000

Embedded in the market

Fixed mercado trading

A postindustrial market system

Feminization and community survival strategies

Gender mainstreaming insights.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-256) and index.

ISBN:

9780739116289

0739116282

OCLC:

221961274