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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| Language: | English |
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CEDLA
2010-10-01
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| Series: | European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://www.erlacs.org/articles/10.18352/erlacs.9456/ |