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Patricia O'Hara - Partners in Production? - 9781571819390 - V9781571819390
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Partners in Production?

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Description for Partners in Production? Hardback. This study not only makes farm women's subordination explicit, but in discerning the sources and force of their influence within and outside the farm family, it offers a challenge to existing explanations of the evolution of Irish rural social structures. Num Pages: 192 pages, 6 tables, Bibliog., Index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFSF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 379.

In Ireland, family farming retains enormous ideological and cultural significance. As a social form it is one of the last preserves of male dominance in which women's contributions and concerns are largely overlooked. This book breaks new ground as the first major study of Irish farm families in which women are the focus of attention. Little is known of how gender relations actually work themselves out within farm families, or of farm women's understanding of their situation, but even a casual observer would conclude that Irish farm women are not without influence. This volume reveals how contemporary farm women ... Read more

This study not only makes farm women's subordination explicit, but in discerning the sources and force of their influence within and outside the farm family, it offers a challenge to existing explanations of the evolution of Irish rural social structures. It also suggests that feminist theories of the family need to pay closer attention to the mother's influence on social reproduction.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Herndon, United States
ISBN
9781571819390
SKU
V9781571819390
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Patricia O'Hara
Patricia O'Hara combines teaching at University College, Cork with research and work as a consultant sociologist to government departments, universities, agencies, and NGOs.

Reviews for Partners in Production?
"The tape recorder has done the job well. Ms. O'Hara's women offer valuable, fascinating, sometimes poignant accounts of their lives."  · Labor History

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