The Other End of the Bargain
The Socioeconomics of Marital Dissolution in Rural Northeast Brazil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2292886 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Melanie A Medeiros (0000-0002-7528-3151, SUNY Geneseo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 105-120 |
| Publication date | 2014-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transforming Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1051-0559 • E-ISSN: 1548-7466 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/traa.12032 |
| OpenAlex | W2026198735 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 30 |
Divorce rates globally are on the rise, and in rural Northeast Brazil increasing rates of marital dissolution index transformations in gender roles, marriage and kinship structures. Socioeconomic change—specifically a transition to an economy based in ecotourism—impacts gender roles and subsequent views on marriage and marriage dissolution. In a context of extreme social inequality and structural vulnerability women's employment combined with men's unemployment decreases women's incentives to stay in an unsatisfactory marriage. However, a women and men's ability or inability to make a financial contribution to the household is not the primary impetus for marital dissolution. Among other factors, marriage dissolution represents the breakdown of an emerging bargain between women and men based in the ideal of a modern companionate marriage
Context (archaeology · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Inequality · Kinship · Marriage market · Population · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Unemployment · Vulnerability (computing · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Migration and Labor Dynamics
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2022 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |