
Family and Work in Rural Societies
Perspectives on Non-Wage Labour
Norman Long(Editor)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 1. December 2025
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-1-041-20260-8 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing on data from rural communities both within and outside Europe, the contributors to this volume, originally published in 1984, examine the character and significance of non-wage forms of labour - for example unpaid household agricultural and domestic work and inter-household or community-level labour exchanges. Two central themes are explored. First, the question of the 'survival' of non-wage labour and 'traditional' patterns of family and household organization in situations where local economic units are, directly or indirectly, dependent upon commodity markets. Secondly, the changing nature and social evaluation of women's work, both within the household and wider community, in contrasting rural settings. These themes are examined through a number of case-studies covering both industrialized Europe and less developed countries. The introductory chapter provides an overview of analytical perspectives on agrarian change and non-wage labour and indicates the broader theoretical implications of the case-studies.
This volume will be especially useful for students and scholars working in the fields of rural sociology, economic anthropology, women's studies and development studies.
This volume will be especially useful for students and scholars working in the fields of rural sociology, economic anthropology, women's studies and development studies.
Reviews / Votes
Original Reviews of Family and Work in Rural Societies:'The book does contribute to a greater insight into the way various social and cultural factors interact in widely differing communities to lead to sometimes unexpectedly differing patterns of the changing division of labour.' Ann Seidman
'All of the articles provide fascinating glimpses of the gender division of labour in family farm economies.' June Nash, American Anthropologist Vol 89, No. 4 (1987)
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-041-20260-8 (9781041202608)
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Content
1.Introduction Norman Long 2. Aspects of Non-Capitalist Social Relations in Rural Egypt: The Small Peasant Household in an Egyptian Deta Village Kathy R. G. Glavanis 3. Cash Crop Productiona nd Family Labour: Tobacco Growers in Corrientes, Argentina Marit Melhuus 4. Interhousehold Co-operation in Peru's Southern Andes: A Case of Multiple Sibling-Group Marriage Sarah Lund Skar 5. Co-operation on and between Eastern Finnish Faily Farms Ray G. Abrahams 6. The Estimation of Work in a Northern Finnish Farming Community Tim Ingold 7. A Note on the Custom of 'Paying Off' on Family Farms in Poland Lucjan Kocik 8. Women's Work in Rural South-West England Mary Bouquet 9. Domestic Work in Rural Iceland: An Historical Overview Marie Johnson 10. The Organization of Labour in an Israeli Kibbutz Alison M. Bowes