Sellers & Servants: Working Women in Lima, Peru"Sellers and Servants is a welcome addition to research on a neglected subject, that of poverty-stricken Peruvian women whose alternatives for subsistence are few and cruel; to be a servant or to peddle goods in the markets and streets of Lima." Contemporary Sociology "A tour de force . . . Bunster and Chaney set out to tap an inner world of feelings, values, and significance' among poor migrant women in Lima. . . . Using an innovative talking pictures' interview technique, the authors delve into the lives of these poorest of the poor' revealing simultaneously their suffering and their strength." Women's Review of Books |
Contents
Agripina | 11 |
Maria | 81 |
Motherhood Family and Community | 132 |
Copyright | |
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adult Agripina ambulante mothers barriada barrio become bulantes cama cama adentro capital child childcare Ciudad de Dios compañero cook cooperative markets Cusco daughter domestic servants domestic service domestic worker domésticas downtown Lima earn economic activities empleada employer employment father female Figueroa Galup fixed stalls girls godparent Hermalinda household workers interview group interviewees labor force labor market labor power Latin America laundresses live madrina Magdalena del Mar maids male mamá Maria market sellers market women Mercado metropolitan Lima migrants Miraflores modern sector municipal neighborhood occupation parents participation patrona Peasant peddling percent Peru Peruvian photographs potatoes pregnant prepared food pueblos jóvenes role rural salary secondary labor market selling señora sierra social soles sometimes street sellers street vendors Surquillo Table tamales Teresita tion Trabajadoras traditional sector urban vending viewees wage wholesale woman young