分工与耦合--近代江南农村男女劳动力的季节性分工与协作

基于农事周期的考虑,近代江南农村男女劳动力呈现出一种季节性分工与协作的模式:农忙期间,大田劳作主要由男子承担,女子只是间或参加一些大田劳作;农闲期间的手工业生产则主要是女子承担,男子则又处于一种相对次要的地位。最终,一年之中,男女劳动力投入呈耦合态势,一者上升,另一者则下降,从而共同维持着家庭经济的正常运转。

Division and Coupling--Division and Cooperation of Men and Women Workforce in Rural Jiangnan in Modern Time

On the consideration of farming periods, rural men and women workforces in Jiangnan demonstrate a mode of seasonal division and cooperation in modern times. During the busy farming season, farming is undertaken by men mainly, while women only join some work occasionally. During slack season, the handicraft industry is undertaken by women mainly with men in a relatively less important status. Ultimately, men and women workforces take on a mode of coupling yearly, one up when one down, thus maintaining the normal operation of the family economy.