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Women of the Praia : Work and Lives in a Portuguese Coastal Community by Sally Cooper Cole (1991, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPrinceton University Press

ISBN-100691028621

ISBN-139780691028620

eBay Product ID (ePID)1153474

Product Key Features

Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameWomen of the Praia : Work and Lives in a Portuguese Coastal Community

Publication Year1991

SubjectWomen's Studies, Anthropology / General

TypeTextbook

AuthorSally Cooper Cole

Subject AreaSocial Science

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight1 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN91-002359

Dewey Edition20

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal331.4/8392/0946915

SynopsisCombining firsthand accounts of five differently situated Portuguese women, who describe their lives in a rural fishing community on the north coast of Portugal with cultural and economic analysis, this work radically departs from the picture of women as sexual beings that prevails in the anthropological literature on Europe and the Mediterranean., In this richly detailed, sensitive ethnographic work, Sally Cole takes as her starting point the firsthand accounts of five differently situated Portuguese women, who describe their lives in a rural fishing community on the north coast of Portugal. Skillfully combining these life stories with cultural and economic analysis, Cole radically departs from the picture of women as sexual beings that prevails in the anthropological literature on Europe and the Mediterranean. Her very different strategy--a focus on women as workers--reflects the Portuguese women's own definition of themselves and allows them the strong, resonant voice that is the goal of both the new ethnography and feminist scholarship. From this new perspective, Cole proposes an important critique of the dominant paradigm of southern European gender relations as being embedded in the code of honor and shame. Covering the Salazar years, as well as the period since the 1974 Revolution, Cole shows that fisherwomen of the past enjoyed greater autonomy in work and social relations than do their daughters and granddaughters, who live in a context of increasing commoditization and industrialization.Central to this account is an examination of the changing structure and role of the household as economic production moved to the factory., In this richly detailed, sensitive ethnographic work, Sally Cole takes as her starting point the firsthand accounts of five differently situated Portuguese women, who describe their lives in a rural fishing community on the north coast of Portugal. Skillfully combining these life stories with cultural and economic analysis, Cole radically departs from the picture of women as sexual beings that prevails in the anthropological literature on Europe and the Mediterranean. Her very different strategy--a focus on women as workers--reflects the Portuguese women's own definition of themselves and allows them the strong, resonant voice that is the goal of both the new ethnography and feminist scholarship. From this new perspective, Cole proposes an important critique of the dominant paradigm of southern European gender relations as being embedded in the code of honor and shame. Covering the Salazar years, as well as the period since the 1974 Revolution, Cole shows that fisherwomen of the past enjoyed greater autonomy in work and social relations than do their daughters and granddaughters, who live in a context of increasing commoditization and industrialization. Central to this account is an examination of the changing structure and role of the household as economic production moved to the factory.

LC Classification NumberHD6073.F652P83 1991