A study of the reconstruction of poor labor force from the standpoint of domestic labor by the Mayan indigenous women

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370953
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Cultural anthropology
• Research Institution: Seikei University (2016); Meiji Gakuin University (2013-2015)
• Principal Investigator: NAKATA HIDEKI 成蹊大学, その他部局等, 研究員 (70551935)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 先住民女性 / 家事労働 / 新自由主義 / 多文化主義 / 底辺労働力動員

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the 21st century Guatemala, the reconstructing of labor force in the poor social class is accelerating, under Neo-liberalism and multiculturalism. In this study, by adopting a point of view of the Mayan indigenous female labor force in the poor social class, the process of integration into the housekeeper market or the service sector job in hoteles is analyzed.

As a result of the interview with various indigenous women, it is revealed that they are managing the economic or social crisis, by switching among assistant in domestic duties in her own family and labor by doing the same duties to get cash income.

Free Research Field

農村社会学、農業経済学