Two-Headed Household Gender and Rural Development in the Ecuadorean Andes

Name: Two-Headed Household Gender and Rural Development in the Ecuadorean Andes
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ISBN: 9780822956778

ISBN-10: 0822956772

ISBN-13: 9780822956778

Edition: 1998

Authors: Sarah Hamilton

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The Two-Headed Householdis an ethnographic account of gender relations and intrahousehold decisionmaking as well as a policy-oriented study of gender and development in the indigenous Andean community of Chanchalo, Ecuador. Hamiltonrs"s main argument is that the households in these farming communities are "two-headed." Men and women participate equally in agricultural production and management, in household decisionmaking, and share in the reproductive tasks of child care, food preparation, and other chores. Based on qualitative fieldwork and regional household survey data, this book investigates the effect on women's lives of gender bias in agricultural development programs and labor and…

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication date: 12/3/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



List of Tables


Acknowledgments



Gender and Rural Development



An Introduction to Chanchalo



Managers, Mothers, Maiden, and Matriarch: Five Women and Their Families



Women's Work: Production and Reproduction in Canton Salcedo



Women's Control of Household Economic Resources: The Range of Variation in Canton Salcedo



The Power of Balance: Structural and Ideological Foundations of the Two-Headed Household



Gender and Economic Change in Canton Salcedo: The Myth of The Masculine Market



Development and the Two-Headed Household: Lessons Learned in Chanchalo


Appendixes


Notes


Bibliography


Index