Brief history of Caribbean and Jamaican tourism -- Tourism in Negril, the capital of casual -- Women, work and tourism -- Welcome to Negril -- Entrepreneurs -- Nightlife -- Conclusion: Women tourist workers in the capital of casual.

Using the life stories of four urban, working-class women in Jamaica, this study examines how female economic activity is differentially affected by structural adjustment policies over a five-year period (1980-85). The Jamaican working-class familial organization centers on women as mothers and...