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They Call It Love - The Politics of Emotional Life (Hardcover)
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They Call It Love - The Politics of Emotional Life (Hardcover)
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List price R463
Loot Price R418
Discovery Miles 4 180
You Save R45 (10%)
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Comforting a family member or friend, soothing children, providing
company for the elderly, ensuring that people feel well enough to
work; this is all essential labour. Without it, capitalism would
cease to function. They Call It Love investigates the work that
makes a haven in a heartless world, examining who performs this
labour, how it is organised, and how it might change. In this
groundbreaking book, Alva Gotby calls this work 'emotional
reproduction', unveiling its inherently political nature. It not
only ensures people's well-being but creates sentimental
attachments to social hierarchy and the status quo. Drawing on the
thought of the feminist movement Wages for Housework, Gotby
demonstrates that emotion is a key element of capitalist
reproduction. To improve the way we relate to one another will
require a radical restructuring of society.
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