{"product_id":"women-and-work-9780745338712","title":"Women and Work","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn analysis of the divergent strands of feminism, as the fight for women's emancipation takes centre stage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Susan Ferguson’s attention to labour in the history of feminist thought is timely and urgent as is her attention to capital’s intensified harvest from the devalued work of social reproduction. Scholars and students across disciplines will find here valuable insights into the history of feminist theory and social movement' -- Rosemary Hennessy, Professor of English and Director of the Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Rice University\u003cbr\u003e'Susan Ferguson has been a leader in the efforts to develop social reproduction theory. In this book, she takes on the historical context for its development. Her focus on the history of 'labour' in Marxist and feminist thought brilliantly reshapes our understanding of the concept and its role in analysing our past, present, and future' -- Lise Vogel, author of 'Marxism and the Oppression of Women'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A masterful analysis of three centuries of feminist deliberations on work, carefully tracing how the fault lines of social-reproduction theory emerged'  \u003c\/p\u003e -- 'Historical Materialism'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e  Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  1. The Labour Lens\u003cbr\u003e  Part I: Three Trajectories\u003cbr\u003e  2. The Rational-Humanist Roots of Equality Feminism\u003cbr\u003e  3. Socialist Feminism: Two Approaches to Understanding Women's Work\u003cbr\u003e  4. Equal Work for and against Capital\u003cbr\u003e  5. Anti-Racist Feminism and Women's Work\u003cbr\u003e  Part II: Social Reproduction Feminism\u003cbr\u003e  6. A Political Economy of 'Women's Work': Producing Patriarchal Capitalism\u003cbr\u003e  7. Renewing Social Reproduction Feminism\u003cbr\u003e  8. The Social Reproduction Strike: Life-Making Beyond Capitalism\u003cbr\u003e  Afterword\u003cbr\u003e  Notes\u003cbr\u003e  Index","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48736478921047,"sku":"9780745338712","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745338712.jpg?v=1723810668","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/women-and-work-9780745338712","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}