Book
Partners in production?: women, farm and family in Ireland
Berghahn Books • New York • Published In 1998 • Pages:
By: O'Hara, Patricia.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Beginning with a lengthy review of Marxist and feminist theory on small-scale commodity producers and ethnographic studies of the rural Irish family, the goal in this article is to deconstruct the family farm and recognize women's economic contribution and agency, a topic largely ignored in prior economic studies. From the basis of a survey of six hundred farms and in-depth interviews with sixty women, the author analyzes farm income allocation, division of labor, ownership of land and property, off-farm work, and education. Four categories of women's working relationships to the farm are identified, varying in degree of subordination and empowerment. The important role women have in the socialization and education of their children is discussed, and found to have a significant impact on farm sustainability and reproduction as children are encouraged to find a way out and pursue occupational achievements.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural participation
- Dairying
- Tillage
- Real property
- Income and demand
- Labor and leisure
- Division of labor by gender
- Individual enterprise
- Gender status
- Household
- Family relationships
- Education system
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Rural Irish
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2016
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- British Isles
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Social Scientist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2014
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1987-1991
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1987-1991
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ireland
- NotesAdditional notes
- Patricia O'Hara
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-176) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 97038373
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Women in agriculture--Ireland
- Family farms--Ireland
- Ireland--Rural conditions