The Role of Love in the Reproduction of Gender Asymmetries: A Case from Postrevolutionary Nicaragua

In this article the author explores the dynamics through which emotional dependency could reproduce women’s subordination. The ethnographies presented feature women who work for an income, provide housing, housework and childcare, as well as emotional and sexual support for husbands that often have...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Turid Hagene
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CEDLA 2010-10-01
Series:European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
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Online Access:http://www.erlacs.org/articles/10.18352/erlacs.9456/