Dissertation Research: Women, Deindustrialization and Job Loss in a Southern Town: A Historical Ethnography

论文研究：南方城镇的妇女、去工业化和失业：历史民族志

• 批准号: 9807466
• 负责人: Caroline Brettell
• 金额: $ 1.01万
• 依托单位: Southern Methodist University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-07-01 至 1999-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9807466&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Women; Deindustrialization; Job

This dissertation research project by a cultural anthropology student at Southern Methodist University studies the results of deindustrialization and job loss in a Southern town. Taking the case of Monroeville, Alabama, the student will examine the differential impact of the recent close of an apparel manufacturing plant on Caucasian and African American men and women's lives and work. Using ethnographic methods of participant observation, semi-structured and formal interviews and archival research, the student will test hypotheses about the more negative impact of job loss on women (than men) and on White women (than Black women), due to differences in the size and nature of family networks. This case study will advance theory explaining changes in women's position in society due to the addition or loss of income from wage labor. The comparison will help us understand the complexities of the process of deindustrialization and job loss, and this understanding should be valuable to planners and social service providers. In addition the research will help train a young scientist.

本论文是由南方卫理公会大学文化人类学专业的一名学生进行的研究项目，研究了南方一个城镇的去工业化和失业的结果。以阿拉巴马州门罗维尔为例，这名学生将研究最近关闭的一家服装制造厂对高加索人和非裔美国人的生活和工作的不同影响。使用参与观察、半结构化和正式访谈以及档案研究的人种学方法，学生将检验关于失业对女性(比男性)和白人女性(比黑人女性)更负面影响的假设，这是由于家庭网络的规模和性质的差异。这一案例研究将推进解释妇女社会地位变化的理论，这些变化是由于雇佣劳动收入的增加或损失造成的。这种比较有助于我们理解去工业化和失业过程的复杂性，这种理解对规划者和社会服务提供者应该是有价值的。此外，这项研究还将有助于培养一名年轻的科学家。