Browsing by Subject "Feminization"

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    Approaching 'home' in Bharati Mukherjee’s Darkness.
    (Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2022) Crespo Gómez, Ana María
    The object of this study is to explore the relationship between 'home' and the decline of ethnic identity in the female characters of Bharati Mukherjee's collection of short stories Darkness (1985). This paper argues that while it is generally accepted that diaspora entails a questioning of a sense of belonging (Kennedy, 2014: 12), for Bharati Mukherjee, "the price that the immigrant willingly pays, and that the exile avoids, is the trauma of self-transformation" ("Two ways to belong in America", 1996). This article seeks to contextualize the Indian diaspora in its roots and routes, proving an inextricable link with gendering of the concept of 'home' in Bhattacharjee (1996). The introduction is underpinned by a theoretical framework on diaspora namely South Asian female migrants in the United States, and an analysis of the Indian concept of nation, from which the literary assessment departs.
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    How did historical trends impact women’s involvement in financial markets? Evidence from women shareholders in Spain (1918-1948)
    (Springer Nature, 2025-05-30) Martínez Rodríguez, Susana; López Gómez, Laura; Economía Aplicada
    Women’s financial independence is essential for fostering equality. Despite recent progress in narrowing the gender gap in access to finance, a notable imbalance persists, even in advanced economies. Exploring the roots and persistence of the wealth gap demands a long-term perspective. However, limited access to historical data hampers such investigations. We have assembled a unique dataset encompassing over 34,000 shareholders from Spanish commercial banks (1918-1948) to scrutinize how women capitalized on investment opportunities. Our findings reinforce the theory that women’s involvement in financial markets reflects a deeper, long-term phenomenon linked with institutional evolution and modernization. The data provide evidence that women viewed investment in stocks as a means to attain wellbeing and that they embraced financial risk, guided by profitability. Family networks significantly enhanced women’s portfolios, empowering their financial agency. The paper underscores the significance of accounting for historical and cultural elements in understanding women’s investment practices.
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    Una mirada antropológica desde la calidad de vida hacia la feminización de las dependencias y la heteronomía de la vejez
    (2015-04-23) Soto Ortiz, Antonio
    This work presents a study about the quality of life of an old, dependant women's group, in a specific environment: Begíjar, a spanish town (a village) in the province of Jaén, in Andalusia Oriental. Through their life stories, their experiences, their needs, their dependences, reasons and their cultural beliefs, and taking into account the actions they reproduce in their socio-familial environment, I could understood and interpreted, approximately, what perception of the quality of life dependent women have, and how do they live it. In order to get it, it is necessary to know how some factors and indicators implicit in their daily life, like economy, health, nourishment and their relations with the social network (formal and informal), do influence.