Description
Book SynopsisA history of the feminist movement that changed how we see women's work forever
Trade Review'An important resource for students of the bold and brilliant 1970s wages for housework movement' -- Kathi Weeks, author of The Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics and Postwork Imaginaries
'This is a precise reconstruction of a legendary and almost-forgotten feminist campaign in Europe and North America. It includes a broad and balanced analysis of the theoretical background of the claim for wages for housework as well as of the controversies around it. An exciting and well-written memory of the 1970s!' -- Gisela Bock, Professor at the Free University Berlin
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Introduction: A Political and Personal History
Part I: The International Feminist Collective: Historical Overview and Political Perspective
1. 1972: Wages for Housework in the Universe of Feminism
2. A Wage as a Lever for Power: The Political Perspective
3. The International Feminist Collective, 1972–77
Part II: Mobilizations around Women’s Invisible Work
Overview
4. Mobilizations around Women’s Invisible Work in the Home
5. Mobilizations around Women’s Invisible Work Outside the Home
6. Mobilizations by Groups on the Periphery of the Network
Conclusion
Afterword – From Yesterday to Today: The Intellectual Journeys of Mariarosa Dalla Costa and Silvia Federici, from 1977 to 2013
Interview with Mariarosa Dalla Costa
Interview with Silvia Federici
Acknowledgments
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
