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Familiar Exploitation Christine Delphy

Familiar Exploitation By Christine Delphy

Familiar Exploitation by Christine Delphy

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Summary

This volume presents a major new theoretical statement about the family. It will be regarded as a major landmark in the analysis and study of the family. It is the first full statement of Christine Delphy's unique theoretical position on the family. The authors are both very well-known.

Familiar Exploitation Summary

Familiar Exploitation: A New Analysis of Marriage in Contemporary Western Societies by Christine Delphy

This important new book recasts conventional understandings of the family as an institution for organizing labour and consumption. Delphy and Leonard present their wide-ranging theoretical discussion alongside a comparative study of the family in urban and rural areas.

Familiar Exploitation Reviews

'... pathbreaking... Having read their analysis of the household... one can never see the family in the same way again. It will be a very useful text for teaching.' Times Higher Education Supplement 'This work provides a fresh perspective on gender relations.' Family Matters 'Brilliant feminist analysis of the family as an economic system.' Ms Magazine

About Christine Delphy

Diana Leonard has been active in women's movement journals, libraries, conferences and campaigns for nearly twenty years.

Table of Contents

Introduction. 1. Feminism and the Family. Part I: Critical Perspectives. 2. Part of Capitalism: Accounts of Womens' Oppression in the Family by Traditional Marxists. 3. Still Part of Capitalism? Marxist Feminist Accounts of the Family. Part II: A New Theoretical Approach to the Western Family. 4. Housework, Household Work and Family Work. 5. The Family as an Economic System: Introduction and Common Misconceptions. 6. The Family as an Economic System: Theoretical Outline. Part III: Empirical Studies. 7. Factory Workers' Families in England. 8. Farm Families in France. 9. The Variety of Work Done by Wives. 10. Conclusion. Bibliography.

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GOR001341331
9780745609850
0745609856
Familiar Exploitation: A New Analysis of Marriage in Contemporary Western Societies by Christine Delphy
Christine Delphy
Feminist Perspectives
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Polity Press
1992-06-25
312
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