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1. Speaking of Work and Family: Reciprocity, Child Labor, and Social Reproduction, Mexico City, 1920-1940.

Author

Blum, Ann S.

Subjects
*SOCIAL reproduction, *CHILD labor laws, *FAMILIES & economics, *WORKING class families, *WAGES, *CLASS identity, *INTERPERSONAL relations & society, *SOCIAL history, *CHILDREN, SOCIAL conditions in Mexico
Abstract

The article discusses the concept of social reproduction in Mexico City, Mexico as it applies to the presence of child laborers in that city, focusing on how essential this labor was to family cohesion and stability. The author is more broadly concerned with the ways child labor helped families construct a working class identity. Connections between children's work, domestic (or reproductive) labor, and conceptualizations of family are drawn by the author. To this extent, the author analyzes the role of wages in perpetuating familial reciprocity among the working class. A brief analysis of Mexico's anti-child labor laws is provided.

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2011
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