Sister Jamaica
Subtitle: a study of women, work, and households in Kingston
By: A. Lynn Bolles.
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 129
Subjects: Women -- Employment -- Jamaica -- Kingston; Women -- Jamaica -- Kingston -- Economic conditions; Women -- Jamaica -- Kingston -- Social conditions; Households -- Jamaica -- Kingston
Description: "Study of working-class factory women at home and in the workplace was carried out during last years of Michael Manley's administration. After reviewing political and economic context of female labor and working conditions, author deals with basic strategies of how women and their households 'make do' by analyzing domestic chores and household division of labor by household type"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-129).