Researching Gender, Families and Households in Latin America: From the 20th into the 21st Century

Chant, Silvia

doi:10.1111/1470-9856.00059

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“…Indeed, as many scholars are now pointing out, a singular focus on women and a failure to confront the particular socioeconomic situations of men can exacerbate gender relations (Pineda 2000). Thus, many scholars argue that the policy debate should consider not only women's economic empowerment but assistance in helping men redefine their familial roles and reconsider their contribution to domestic work (Chant 2002;Pearson 2000;Pineda 2000). Arias (2001, 25-26), for example, calls for "policy interventions .…”

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“…Studies using a gender framework have found that should a wife earn the same as or more than her husband, couples resist the implications of her economic resources and construct her role as secondary provider (Potuchek 1992;Pyke 1994;Zvonkovic et al 1996). Indeed, case studies in Latin America have shown that working women often define their paid labor as an activity that fulfills their role as mothers (Chant 2002;Gates 2002;Lopez Estrada 2002). And as Chant (2002, 553) argues, men's "apparent unwillingness to participate in reproductive labor may well derive from attempts to protect the remaining vestiges of 'masculine identity' in a world in which women's activities are widening.…”

Section: Income Gender and Household Powermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Here, the ideal household has traditionally been nuclear in structure and headed by men, with men associated with the public realm of the street (calle) and women with the private home (casa) (Chant 2002). 2 Although family life in Latin America has varied by class, race, and life cycle, this traditional model has remained the ideal and has been legitimated and reinforced by the Catholic Church and the state.…”

Section: Income Gender and Household Powermentioning

confidence: 99%

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Love in the Time of Neo-Liberalism

Mannon

2006

Gender & Society

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Households around the world have shifted structurally from a breadwinner/homemaker model to dualincome earning arrangements. What this trend means for marital power has been a contested issue among scholars. Most studies suggest that household power is determined by a complex interplay between each spouse's economic contributions to the household and existing gender norms. Few scholars, however, have examined how this interplay is worked out under particular political-economic conditions. Responding to the dearth of research on the developing world in this area, the author examines a community in Costa Rica where neo-liberal economic restructuring has led to an increase in women's informal work and a decrease in men's income-earning power. Drawing from ethnographic and interview data on married life in Costa Rica, the author analyzes the effect that these trends have on marital power and the division of household labor. The author argues that changing economic circumstances may blur the traditional gender boundaries in Costa Rican households but they do not necessarily erase them.

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Love in the Time of Neo-Liberalism

Mannon

2006

Gender & Society

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“…A review of the research on the changes in gender role responsibilities and family functioning in Latin America over the past 100 years suggest that conflict within the home as result of these changes will impact elder care (Chant, 2002). The results from one study suggest that working women in Mexico are becoming more reluctant to take on the role of caring for older relatives (Montes de Oca, 1998;Varley & Blasco, 1999).…”

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Concepts of Burden in Giving Care to Older Relatives: A Study of Female Caregivers in a Mexico City Neighborhood

Mendez-Luck

Kennedy

Wallace

2008

J Cross Cult Gerontol

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Objectives-This study examined how women in a Mexico City suburb conceptualized the construct of burden within the context of giving care to older relatives.Methods-Data were collected on forty-one women through semi-structured interviews regarding their caregiving experiences to elderly relatives. Phenomenological principles were used to analyze meanings and understandings of caregiving experiences.Results-Burden was a multi-dimensional construct that referred to specific situations that made caregivers feel emotionally or physical "heavy." Burden also referred to "being a burden" by being in the way, making things difficult, or being a 'weight' on caregivers' shoulders. However, women in this study also viewed burden as a positive sacrifice that involved love, initiative, and good will.Discussion-This study is an important first step in defining the ways in which caregiving is positively and negatively meaningful for Mexican caregivers and their families. Our findings offer an additional dimension of caregiver burden to broaden our understanding and measurement of the construct. The development of culturally appropriate instruments to measure caregiving burden in Mexico is necessary to provide an empirical foundation for policy recommendations that address the growing need for institutional support of caregivers. Moreover, our findings suggest that researchers studying caregiving in Mexico should think about how burden is measured on existing instruments before adapting them for widespread use.

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“…Nearly one third (31%) of the households in Nicaragua are headed by women, although there is no enforcement of child support decrees and fathers are absent in about 60% of households (Virtual Foundation, 2002). This unequal division of labor impedes improvements in women's status and well-being, of which mental health is a key component (Chant, 2002).…”

Section: Gender and Mental Health In Nicaraguamentioning

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Contextually Appropriate Measurement as the Basis for Culturally Appropriate Interventions: A Case Study in Managua, Nicaragua

Jani

DeForge

2014

Social Work in Public Health

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Despite recent advances in U.S. health care, racial and ethnic minorities experience significantly worse health and mental health outcomes. Policy responses to this problem are based on available research, which is often premised on a misinterpretation of the cultural concepts that underlie people's health and mental health. Health researchers often rely upon measurements with questionable cultural validity. This contributes to a lack of understanding of health disparities that nondominant populations experience and creates obstacles to the development of effective policies to alleviate them. Even statistically valid or literally translated measurements often fail to account for different social and cultural contexts and/or neglect to consider vital information about the population studied or its history. This article reports on the content validity of measures used in a study that investigated predictors of mental health in Managua, Nicaragua. Results reveal a polarized response structure and lack of cultural relevance in underlying concepts measured.

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Researching Gender, Families and Households in Latin America: From the 20th into the 21st Century

Cited by 53 publications

References 95 publications

Love in the Time of Neo-Liberalism

Love in the Time of Neo-Liberalism

Concepts of Burden in Giving Care to Older Relatives: A Study of Female Caregivers in a Mexico City Neighborhood

Contextually Appropriate Measurement as the Basis for Culturally Appropriate Interventions: A Case Study in Managua, Nicaragua

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