Assignment

Each group should focus discussion on the questions below. I highly recommend that each group use the books in the series Restoring Women to History---and particularly the bibliographies in each---which are on reserve: Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, by Maryse Navarro and Virginia Sanchez Korrol; Women in Sub-Saharan Africa, by Iris Berger and E. Frances White; Women in the Middle East and North Africa, by Guity Nashat and Judith Tucker; and Women in Asia, by Barbara N. Ramusck and Sharon Sievers.

Please note that two of these are my personal copies so please do not write in them and respect their physical integrity!

Also rely on your own research -- I suggest using books and articles and not internet sources -- and the assigned readings for class.

Requirements

• Please bring your sources with you, to be turned into me at the end of class. They do not need to be formal but bibliographic lists of books and copies of articles will suffice. (I will return the latter to you.)
• Please go to group presentation general guidelines to help you prepare.

Questions

1. What kinds of work have women in your respective societies traditionally engaged in? How has this begun to change in recent history, since approximately the late nineteenth century? Why have work patterns changed?

2. How have the types of work women in your societies engaged in differed by class?

3. How are the work patterns of women in your societies specifically shaped by that society's (or region's) specific history and all that comes with it (social, political and cultural)?