The two-headed household
Subtitle: gender and rural development in the Ecuadorean Andes
By: Sarah Hamilton.
Series: Pitt Latin American series
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Indian women -- Ecuador -- Hacienda Chanchaló -- Economic conditions.; Indian women -- Ecuador -- Hacienda Chanchaló -- Social conditions.; Indians of South America -- Agriculture -- Ecuador -- Hacienda Chanchaló.; Rural development -- Ecuador -- Hacienda Chanchaló.; Sex role -- Economic aspects -- Ecuador -- Hacienda Chanchaló.; Sex discrimination against women -- Ecuador -- Hacienda Chanchaló.; Hacienda Chanchaló (Ecuador) -- Economic conditions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-290) and index.
Table of contents: title: Gender and rural development; title: An introduction to Chanchaló; title: Managers, mothers, maiden, and matriarch : five women and their families; title: Women's work : production and reproduction in Cantón Salcedo; title: Women's control of household economic resources : the range of variation in Cantón Salcedo; title: The power of balance : structural and ideological foundations of the two-headed household; title: Gender and economic change in Cantón Salcedo : the myth of the masculine market; title: Development and the two-headed household : lessons learned in Chanchaló.