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Local Transformations in Batallas (Bolivia) and the “Inexhaustible” Capacity of Women to Sustain Life

In: Social Reproduction, Solidarity Economy, Feminisms and Democracy

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  • Ivonne Farah

    (Universidad Mayor de San Andrés)

  • Isabelle Hillenkamp

    (Centre for Social Science Studies on African, American and Asian Worlds (CESSMA))

  • Gabriela Ruesgas

    (Universidad Mayor de San Andrés)

  • Fernanda Sostres

    (Universidad Mayor de San Andrés)

Abstract

This chapter analyses the practices and representations of social reproduction and the role of solidarity in an indigenous, rural area marked by rapid socioeconomic transformation. Such transformation, driven by multi-activity and multi-residence, increases social reproduction work provided by poor women and which is not absorbed by precarious public services or by proximity mutual aid networks in indigenous communities. The naturalization of women as mothers and their weak recognition as producers and rights holders reproduces this situation. Mixed producers’ associations contribute to the recognition of women as workers while women’s associations help them building a common identity and voicing their problems, without, however, challenging the naturalization of reproductive work as feminine work. Peasant unions, solidarity economy and feminist organizations entail blocking factors and facilitators of change.

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  • Ivonne Farah & Isabelle Hillenkamp & Gabriela Ruesgas & Fernanda Sostres, 2021. "Local Transformations in Batallas (Bolivia) and the “Inexhaustible” Capacity of Women to Sustain Life," Gender, Development and Social Change, in: Christine Verschuur & Isabelle Guérin & Isabelle Hillenkamp (ed.), Social Reproduction, Solidarity Economy, Feminisms and Democracy, chapter 0, pages 119-143, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:gdechp:978-3-030-71531-1_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-71531-1_6
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