Abstract

LABRECQUE, Marie France. From housewife to worker: from the house to the transnational industry. Pap. poblac [online]. 2006, vol.12, n.49, pp.127-152. ISSN 2448-7147.

In this article is analyzed the integration of rural women, who are defined as 'housewives', to the salaried labour in the manufacture industry, taking the case of the installation of manufacturers in the rural areas of Yucatán. The conceptual fields of 'gender', 'generation' and 'identity' are mentioned, besides that of the 'gender world order' and 'gender local regimen'. The work is based on an ethnographic research done in Yucatán from 2000, when such industry was at the apex in the mentioned state, with follow-ups on 2002 and 2005.

Keywords : manufacturing industry; feminine labour; gender; labour trajectories; Yucatán; México.

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