Dulcinea in the factory : myths, morals, men, and women in Colombia's industrial experiment, 1905-1960 / Ann Farnsworth-Alvear.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farnsworth-Alvear, Ann, 1965-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Comparative and international working-class history.

Comparative and international working-class history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women textile workers--Colombia--Medellin--History--20th century.

Women textile workers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A study of social control, resistance, and self-perception in the textile industry as the workforce changed from almost all female to almost all male.

Contents:

Part 1. The place of female factory labor in Medellin. 1. Medellin, 1900-1960. 2. The making of La mujer obrera, 1910-20. 3. New workers, new workplaces, 1905-35

Part 2. The making and unmaking of La moral. 4. Strikes, 1935-36. 5. Gender by the rules: anticommunism and La moral, 1936-53. 6. La moral in practice, 1936-53. 7. Masculinization and El control, 1953-60

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-296) and index.

ISBN:

9786613061850

9781283061858

1283061856

9780822380269

0822380269

OCLC:

245538170