As part of the project known as Il linguaggio della madre tra tradizione e modernità, this paper focuses on the role of women in agricultural labour (in the cultivation and processing of the crops), which they performed not only out of a desire for emancipation but also because they were obliged by their economic circumstances to contribute to the support of their families, suffering from the post-war slump and the spectre of fascist dictatorship. In this context, the aspect of womanhood that came to the fore was that of the woman-worker, placed in a vulnerable position by economic forces and thus obliged to do anything just to get a job, even a hard and an insecure one, such as tobacco processing, agriculturallabour,
Women in the economy of the Salento; tobacco and women tobacco workers in the province of Lecce
TRONO, Anna;
2008-01-01
Abstract
As part of the project known as Il linguaggio della madre tra tradizione e modernità, this paper focuses on the role of women in agricultural labour (in the cultivation and processing of the crops), which they performed not only out of a desire for emancipation but also because they were obliged by their economic circumstances to contribute to the support of their families, suffering from the post-war slump and the spectre of fascist dictatorship. In this context, the aspect of womanhood that came to the fore was that of the woman-worker, placed in a vulnerable position by economic forces and thus obliged to do anything just to get a job, even a hard and an insecure one, such as tobacco processing, agriculturallabour,I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
