The formation of female-headed households in poor urban sectors in Colima, Mexico: a five-case analysis
This paper analyses the factors that led women from urban areas of medium-sized cities of western Mexico to become the head of the household. The paper aims to discuss the reasons that led women to break with their partners as well as the paths they followed to become the head of the household. The...
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author | Ana Josefina Cuevas Hernández Carlos David Solorio Pérez |
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description | This paper analyses the factors that led women from urban areas of medium-sized cities of western Mexico to become the head of the household. The paper aims to discuss the reasons that led women to break with their partners as well as the paths they followed to become the head of the household. The paper presents the results of research on this subject carried out throughout 2007 in Colima, Mexico. The study aims to show that the formation of alternative forms of domestic and family life is a consequence of external phenomena such as globalization, cultural, historical and political factors. |
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spelling | clacso-CLACSO589342022-03-18T15:36:43Z The formation of female-headed households in poor urban sectors in Colima, Mexico: a five-case analysis Ana Josefina Cuevas Hernández Carlos David Solorio Pérez Antropología Female-headed households social change women stigma social class This paper analyses the factors that led women from urban areas of medium-sized cities of western Mexico to become the head of the household. The paper aims to discuss the reasons that led women to break with their partners as well as the paths they followed to become the head of the household. The paper presents the results of research on this subject carried out throughout 2007 in Colima, Mexico. The study aims to show that the formation of alternative forms of domestic and family life is a consequence of external phenomena such as globalization, cultural, historical and political factors. 2009 2022-03-18T15:36:43Z 2022-03-18T15:36:43Z artículo científico http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=70312344012 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/58934 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=703 Sociedade e Cultura application/pdf Universidade Federal de Goiás Sociedade e Cultura (Brasil) Num.2 Vol.12 |
spellingShingle | Antropología Female-headed households social change women stigma social class Ana Josefina Cuevas Hernández Carlos David Solorio Pérez The formation of female-headed households in poor urban sectors in Colima, Mexico: a five-case analysis |
title | The formation of female-headed households in poor urban sectors in Colima, Mexico: a five-case analysis |
title_full | The formation of female-headed households in poor urban sectors in Colima, Mexico: a five-case analysis |
title_fullStr | The formation of female-headed households in poor urban sectors in Colima, Mexico: a five-case analysis |
title_full_unstemmed | The formation of female-headed households in poor urban sectors in Colima, Mexico: a five-case analysis |
title_short | The formation of female-headed households in poor urban sectors in Colima, Mexico: a five-case analysis |
title_sort | formation of female-headed households in poor urban sectors in colima, mexico: a five-case analysis |
topic | Antropología Female-headed households social change women stigma social class |
url | http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=70312344012 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/58934 |