Women, work, and ideology in the Third World / edited by Haleh Af shar. - London ; New York : Tavistock Publications, 1985. - xvii, 265 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

The fate of women's land rights / Maila Stivens -- Farm and hearth / Lina Fruzzetti -- The position of women in an Iranian village / Haleh Afshar -- Do women gain from high fertility? / Naila Kabeer -- The dime nsions of subordination / Lynne Brydon -- Women's proletarianization an d the family wage in Tanzania / Deborah Fahy Bryceson -- Rather than ma ke trouble, it's better just to leave / Celia Mather -- Working for lip stick? / Susan Joekes -- Gender, pay, and skill / John Humphrey -- Reso urces, wages, and power / Hilary Standing.

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Women-- Economic conditions-- Case studies .-- Developing countries
Rural women
Women-- Employment-- Case studies.-- Developing countries
Sexual division of labor

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