The myth of the male breadwinner
Subtitle: women and industrialization in the Caribbean
By: Helen Safa.
Series: Conflict and social change series
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Boulder
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Women -- Employment -- Puerto Rico; Women -- Employment -- Dominican Republic; Women -- Employment -- Cuba; Women -- Puerto Rico -- Social conditions; Women -- Dominican Republic -- Social conditions; Women -- Cuba -- Social conditions
Description: "Comparative sociohistorical study examines interplay of the economy and gender relationships in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. Offers extended treatment of the impact of Operation Bootstrap on Puerto Rican women and gender relationships, the impact on women of the Dominican Republic's economic crisis and export manufacturing option of the 1980s, and the development of mass organizations for women in Cuba"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-198) and index.