1st Edition

Feminism and Materialism (RLE Feminist Theory) Women and Modes of Production

Edited By Annette Kuhn, AnnMarie Wolpe Copyright 1978
344 Pages
by Routledge

344 Pages
by Routledge

344 Pages
by Routledge

These original essays are planned to provide a coherent basis for an understanding of women’s social and historical situation. This achieved by outlining the foundation of a systematic approach to an analysis of women’s relationship to modes of production and reproduction within a materialist framework. The essays, each with a brief editorial introduction, deal with issues and perspectives... Read more

Preface.  Notes on contributors.  1. Feminism and Annette Kuhn and AnnMarie Wolpe  2. Patriarchy and relations of production Roisin McDonough and Rachel Harrison  3. Structures of patriarchy and capital in the family Annette Kuhn  4. Church, state, and family: the women’s movement in Italy Lesley Caldwell  5. Sexual division of labour: the case of nursing Eva Gamarnikow  6. Modes of appropriation and the sexual division of labour: a case study from Oaxaca, Mexico Kate Young  7. Women and production: a critical analysis of some sociological theories of women’s work Veronica Beechey  8. Domestic labour and Marx’s theory of value Paul Smith  9. Women, sex and class Jackie West  10. The state and the oppression of women Mary McIntosh  11. Education and the sexual division of labour AnnMarie Wolpe

Biography

Annette Kuhn, AnnMarie Wolpe