Familiar Exploitation
New Analysis of Marriage in Contemporary Western Societies
Published on 25. June 1992
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-7456-0858-7 (ISBN)
Description
Aiming to create new terms for thinking about gender and generational relationships, this book recasts conventional understandings of the family as an institution for organizing labour and consumption. The authors' theoretical discussion is presented alongside a comparative study of the family in rural and urban areas.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7456-0858-7 (9780745608587)
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Content
Feminism and the family. Part 1 Critical perspectives: part of capitalism - accounts of womens' oppression in the family by traditional Marxists; still part of capitalism? Marxist feminist accounts of the family. Part 2 A new theoretical approach to the western family: housework, household work and family work; the family as an economic system - introduction and common misconceptions; the family as an economic system - theoretical outline. Part 3 Empirical studies: factory workers' families in England; farm families in France; the variety of work done by wives; conclusion.