Cornell University Press
Sunbelt Working Mothers
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About this book
The recession of the 1980s triggered important economic and cultural changes in the United States, and working women were at the center of these changes. Sunbelt Working Mothers compares the experiences of Mexican–American and white mothers employed in apparel and electronics factories in Albuquerque and illuminates the ways in which individual women manage the competing demands of two roles. Authors Lamphere, Zavella, Gonzales, and Evans show how these mothers-without the economic resources of highly paid professional women-find day care, divide economic contributions and household responsibilities with spouses or roommates, and obtain emotional support from kin or friends.
After an overview of the recent industrialization of the Sunbelt economy, the authors consider how new participative management techniques have given greater flexibility to some women's work lives. Drawing on interviews with married couples and single mothers, they offer an engaging account of representative women's home lives, and conclude that working families are changing. This timely book will be welcomed by students and scholars in the fields of anthropology, sociology, labor studies, women's studies, and social history.
Author / Editor information
Louise Lamphere is Professor of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico. Patricia Zavella is Associate Professor on the Community Studies Board at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Felipe Gonzales is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of New Mexico. Peter B. Evans is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Preface
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1. Mediating Contradiction and Difference: The Everyday Construction of Work and Family
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2. The Context of Sunbelt Industrialization
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3. Women's Industrial Work in the Family Economy
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4. Mediating Contradictions in Hierarchical Plants
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5. Management Ideology and Practice in Participative Plants
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6. Strategies for the Household Division of Labor
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7. Strategies for Day Care while Mothers Work
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8. Kin, Friends, and Husbands: Support Networks for Working Mothers
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9. Conclusion: Living with Contradictions
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Appendix: Mother's Providing Role, Occupation, Income, and Household Division of Labor
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Bibliography
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Index
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