From a feminist intersectional perspective, this article analyzes the conditions of productive and reproductive labor of migrant women working in agricultural fields of Mendoza, Argentina, with the aim to highlight their contributions to production and social reproduction. This paper present part of the results of a broader research work on the health, illness, and care of these women workers. The methodological strategy consisted of an ethnographic study especially built upon the women’s life stories. Fieldwork was carried out between 2014 and 2018 in Ugarteche, a Mendoza locality revitalized by agriculture and by both internal and bordering migrations. The main findings of the work show, on the one hand, in order to understand the working conditions of women, it is necessary to bear in mind the continuum of productive and reproductive activities where they build up their lives. On the other hand, the differential weight that class, race, and immigration status inequalities impose on the domestic and labor burdens of women workers.
Keywords:
Feminizing of agricultura, Migrations, Intersectionality, Reproductive labor, Sex division of labor
Linardelli, M. F. (2021). "Only female workers are required". Productive and reproductive working conditions of migrant women in Mendoza’s agricultura. Revista Punto Género, (14), pp. 71– 96. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2020.60867
