Emigration and Household Structure in a Portuguese Parish, 1850-1920

Bibliographic Data

ID5850537
AuthorsCaroline B Brettell (Family and Community History Center, the Newberry Library, in Chicago, corresponding author)
Year1988
Volume13
Issue1
Pages33-57
Publication date1988-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Family History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/036319908801300103
OpenAlexW2008296920
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited14

Focusing in particular on the residence patterns of women over the life course, the study explores the impact of a predominantly male pattern of migration on the formation and structure of households in the parish of Lanheses in northwestern Portugal between 1850 and 1920. Households adjusted to the absence of men in ways that demonstrate several characteristics of matrifocality. The female-headed and patriuxorilocal households in Lanheses during the period are the result of centuries of coping, both demographically and socially, with the absence of men. Male migration has affected household structure in this area not only directly, but also indirectly through its impact on female spinsterhood and illegitimacy

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