Title: Sunbelt working mothers : reconciling family and factory /
Authors: Lamphere, Louise.; Zavella, Patricia; Gonzales, Felipe, 1946-; Evans, Peter B., 1944-
Publisher: Cornell University Press,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Working mothers Sunbelt States.; Work and family Sunbelt States.; Working mothers New Mexico Albuquerque.; Work and family New Mexico Albuquerque.; Women Employment New Mexico Albuquerque.; Mexican American women Employment New Mexico Albuquerque.; Hispanic American women Employment New Mexico Albuquerque.; Women Employment Sunbelt States.
Abstract: "[Examines] the intersection between class, gender, and ethnicity among direct production workers in Albuquerque. ... [P]rovides an alternative perspective that stresses differences of experience among women belonging to distinct ethnic groups and socio-economic strata."--Page 4 of cover.
Contents: 1. Mediating contradiction and difference : the everyday construction of work and family -- 2. The context of sunbelt industrialization -- 3. Women's industrial work in the family economy -- 4. Mediating contradictions in hierarchical plants -- 5. Management ideology and practice in participative plants -- 6. Strategies for the household division of labor -- 7. Strategies for day care while mothers work -- 8. Kin, friends, and husbands : support networks for working mothers -- 9. Conclusion: Living with contradictions -- Appendix: Mother's providing role, occupation, income, and household division of labor.