Abstract

RUBIO HERRERA, Amada. Sewing as a "Real Job" among the Men of Tekit, Yucatan. Península [online]. 2017, vol.12, n.1, pp.77-94. ISSN 1870-5766.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnsla.2017.01.004.

This article presents a case study of the municipality of Tekit whose inhabitants passed from cultivating sisal plants on haciendas to working in sewing workshops to produce clothing. I argue that the change in their economic activity resulted in the construction of a social representation connected to the activity of sewing, one that is hegemonic and reveals a stereotyped gender system that imposes and converts the male worker into a masculine ideal. In contrast, the incorporation of women into this economic activity has been less valued and their work is considered as secondary to the men's.

Keywords : sisal; sewing; representations; men; women.