Entre el hogar y la vega

Description:

"Close examination of several hamlets of Guatemala, where a long dry spell and consequent, disproportionate male departures led to fundamental shifts in gender roles in agriculture, with women involved in a wide array of activities. Uses field notes, survey and official data, and interviews with women; these also detail artisanal activities and credit (-seeking) histories, and show new opportunities alongside constraints on women's actions, both old and new"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

subjects: Social conditions,  Women agricultural laborers,  Women peasants

Places: El Progreso (Dept.),  Guatemala,  El Progreso (Guatemala : Dept.)