Abstract

MEJIA MODESTO, Alfonso  and  FIGUEROA DIAZ, María Elena. Gender, work and migration in a context of risk: the case of the female entrepreneurial peasants of Oaxaca. Espiral (Guadalaj.) [online]. 2013, vol.20, n.58, pp.171-213. ISSN 1665-0565.

Mexican rural societies are going through the contradictions of the second modernity without having benefited from the first phase of this period. These circumstances have created a context of risk and a lack of stability for both, men and women, where new forms of gender relations are emerging in jobs, migration y marriage. The article reports on a study carried out with a sample of the female population of one of these rural societies. Among the main results, it was found that women's lives are facing contradictions and their autonomy is undergoing slow progress, along with a disenchanted attitude towards marriage and the family. This is prompting a cultural change, where women are more centered in the economy than traditional values.

Keywords : Migration; female work; risk society; gender.

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