Abstract
Some women in San Cosme Mazatecochco, a rural community in central Mexico, whose families have more diverse networks and a slight economic advantage, use the community's flexible kinship system to get more secure employment. But their ability to do so is limited by the larger political economy. As the Mexican economy deteriorates for working-class Mexicans and the class system becomes more closed, more women participate in the labor force and more women have marginal employment.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 579-593 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | American Anthropologist |
| Volume | 101 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 1999 |
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Keywords
- Class
- Kinship
- Mexico
- Political economy
- Women
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Declining odds : Kinship, women's employment, and political economy in rural Mexico. / Rothstein, Frances.
In: American Anthropologist, Vol. 101, No. 3, 01.01.1999, p. 579-593.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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