The Myth Of The Male Breadwinner: Women And Industrialization In The Caribbean

by Helen I Safa

Overview

First Published in 2018. This book examines the debate about the effects of paid employment on women through studies of women industrial workers in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba. It focuses on following areas of women's lives: wages and working conditions; the family, life cycle, and household composition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429972386
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/06/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	227
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Helen I Safa

Table of Contents

Preface -- Gender and Industrialization in the Caribbean Basin -- The Male Breadwinner and Women’s Wage Labor -- Women Workers and the Rise and Decline of Puerto Rico’s Operation Bootstrap -- The Dominican Republic: Export Manufacturing and the Economic Crisis -- Cuba: Revolution and Gender Inequality -- Conclusion: Economic Restructuring and Gender Subordination