Women's Work and Chicano Families: Cannery Workers of the Santa Clara Valley

By Patricia Zavella

Book Overview

At the time Women's Work and Chicano Families: Cannery Workers of the Santa Clara Valley was published, little research had been done on the relationship between the wage labor and household labor of Mexican American women. Drawing on revisionist social theories relating to Chicano family structure as well as on feminist theory, Patricia Zavella paints a compelling picture of the Chicano women who worked in northern California's fruit and vegetable canneries. Her book combines social history, shop floor ethnography, and in-depth interviews to explore the links between Chicano family life and gender inequality in the labor market.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801494109
• ISBN13: 9780801494109
• Release Date: July 1987
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

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Chicano Work & Housework

From the cover: Mexican-American women are entering the labor force in increasing numbers, yet little research has dealt with the relationship between their wage labor and their household labor. Drawing on revisionist social theories relating to Chicano family structure as well as on feminist theory, Zavella paints a compelling picture of the Chicano women who work in northern California's fruit and vegetable canneries. Her book combines social history, shop floor ethnography, and in-depth interview techniques to explore the linkages between Chicano family life and gender inequality in the labor market.