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Las sirvientas domésticas de Oaxaca: vÃnculos conflictivos, vÃnculos afectuososhot!
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Howell, Jayne. Las sirvientas domésticas de Oaxaca: vínculos conflictivos, vínculos afectuosos
HOUSEHOLD-MAIDS IN OAXACA: CONFLICTING LINKS, AFFECTIVE LINKS.Strained relationships between domestic servants (sirvientas) and female employers (patronas) are well reported throughout Latin America. Researchers stress that these conflicts arise from the economic exploitation inherent in relationships between women of distinct socioeconomic strata. This article explores causes of strain in relationships between sirvientas and patronas in Oaxaca City, a provincial capital in southeast Mexico, as well as factors that lead to more harmonious relations between these two classes of women. I argue here that positive relationships develop when patronas who themelves worked as sirvientas in order to finance their studies offer the same opportunities to their own employees.
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Comparación socioeconómica de seis colonias populares en la ciudad de Oaxaca, 1995hot!
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Reyes Morales, Rafael G. Comparación socioeconómica de seis colonias populares en la ciudad de Oaxaca, 1995
A SOCIAL-ECONOMICAL COMPARISON AMONG SIX POPULAR NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE CITY OF OAXACA.The main purpose of this article is to make a socioeconomic analysis of households of six squatter settlements of Oaxaca City, a middle-size city that lacks an important industrial base. Squatter settlements, representative of up to 40% of the total population of Oaxaca City, are an option of securing low-cost housing for poor urban inhabitants. It was found that reduction in household size, as a strategy of adaptation to economic crises, is greater than in the average households of Oaxaca City. The participation of households in the labor market still is low and strongly orientated to the informal sector. Finally, formal education of the children represents the second priority in the family expenses.
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Etnicidad en Oaxaca de Juárezhot!
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Murphy, Arthur D., Mary Winter y Earl W. Morris. Etnicidad en Oaxaca de Juárez.
ETHNICITY IN OAXACA DE JUÁREZThis paper looks at the level of non-Spanish spoken by migrants to the City of Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico. Using data from a sample of households in the city we demonstrate that even though most household heads are migrants to the city, few speak a language other than Spanish. Nor do households participate in the types of “ethnic” or linguistically based organizations found in cities such as Los Angeles or Chicago. We conclude that when close to home identity is strongest with nation or home community. Social forces in the US cause migrants to shift their identity to a linguistic or ethnic group.
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Presentación - Garma, Carlos y Margarita Zárate hot!
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Este número de Alteridades está conformado por un conjunto de artículos antropológicos sobre Oaxaca que abarcan una diversidad de temáticas, actores sociales y escenarios. A pesar de la heterogeneidad característica de estos trabajos, consideramos que se recupera una perspectiva holística de nuestra disciplina desde el ámbito de lo regional. Un primer grupo de artículos se ubica en torno al ámbito urbano de lo que fuera la antigua Provincia Colonial de Antequera. Murphy et al. analizan el fenómeno de la identidad étnica a través de los procesos migratorios y la forma en que se “comunica” dicha etnicidad. Reyes compara seis colonias populares de la ciudad de Oaxaca, haciendo énfasis en los procesos de cambio de las unidades domésticas. Por su parte, Howell examina los vínculos afectuosos y conflictivos que se presentan entre las trabajadoras domésticas y las patronas en un ámbito urbano.
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