Precarious Dependencies

by Lesley Gill

Examines the relationships between Aymara-speaking domestic servants and their upperclass women employers in La Paz from 1930 to the late 1980s, to investigate how the general subordination of women can be understood in the context of class, race, and ethnic inequality. Argues that class, gender, and ethnicity are inseparable, and that class relationships are always articulated in gender- and ethnic-specific ways. Paper edition (09647-X, $15. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

175 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994