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Feminism is once again on the political agenda. Across the world
women are taking to the streets to protest unfair working
conditions, abortion laws, and sexual violence. They are demanding
decent wages, better schools and free childcare. But why do some
feminists choose to fight for more women CEOs, while others fight
for a world without CEOs? To understand these divergent approaches,
Susan Ferguson looks at the ideas that have inspired women to
protest, exploring the ways in which feminists have placed work at
the centre of their struggle for emancipation. Two distinct
trajectories emerge: 'equality feminism' and 'social reproduction
feminism'. Ferguson argues that socialists have too often embraced
the 'liberal' tendencies of equality feminism, while neglecting the
insights of social reproduction feminism. Engaging with feminist
anti-work critiques, Ferguson proposes that women's emancipation
depends upon a radical reimagining of all labour and advocates for
a renewed social reproduction framework as a powerful basis for an
inclusive feminist politics.
Feminism is once again on the political agenda. Across the world
women are taking to the streets to protest unfair working
conditions, abortion laws, and sexual violence. They are demanding
decent wages, better schools and free childcare. But why do some
feminists choose to fight for more women CEOs, while others fight
for a world without CEOs? To understand these divergent approaches,
Susan Ferguson looks at the ideas that have inspired women to
protest, exploring the ways in which feminists have placed work at
the centre of their struggle for emancipation. Two distinct
trajectories emerge: 'equality feminism' and 'social reproduction
feminism'. Ferguson argues that socialists have too often embraced
the 'liberal' tendencies of equality feminism, while neglecting the
insights of social reproduction feminism. Engaging with feminist
anti-work critiques, Ferguson proposes that women's emancipation
depends upon a radical reimagining of all labour and advocates for
a renewed social reproduction framework as a powerful basis for an
inclusive feminist politics.
Lise Vogel revisits classical Marxian texts, tracking analyses of
'the woman question' in socialist theory and drawing on central
theoretical categories of Marx's Capital to open up an original
theorisation of gender and the social production and reproduction
of material life. Includes Vogel's article, 'Domestic Labor
Revisited' which extends and clarifies her main theoretical
innovations.
"Of all the crimes to which Palestinians have been subjected
through a century of bitter tragedy, perhaps none are more cruel
than the silencing of their voices. The suffering has been most
extreme, criminal, and grotesque in Gaza, where Ghada Ageel was one
of the victims from childhood. This collection of essays is a
poignant cry for justice, far too long delayed." -Noam Chomsky
There are more than two sides to the conflict between Palestine and
Israel. There are millions. Millions of lives, voices, and stories
behind the enduring struggle in Israel and Palestine. Yet, the easy
binary of Palestine vs. Israel on which the media so often relies
for context effectively silences the lived experiences of people
affected by the strife. Ghada Ageel sought leading
experts-Palestinian and Israeli, academic and activist-to gather
stories that humanize the historic processes of occupation,
displacement, colonization, and, most controversially, apartheid.
Historians, scholars and students of colonialism and
Israel-Palestine studies, and anyone interested in more nuanced
debate, will want to read this book. Contributors: Yasmeen
Abu-Laban, Ghada Ageel, Huwaida Arraf, Abigail B. Bakan, Ramzy
Baroud, Samar El-Bekai, James Cairns, Edward C. Corrigan, Susan
Ferguson, Keith Hammond, Rela Mazali, Sherene Razack, Tali Shapiro,
Reem Skeik, Rafeef Ziadah.
Household work is an essential part of many people's lives, yet all
too often it is rendered invisible. More Than It Seems aims not
only to make this vitally important work visible, but also to
reconsider it as a source of learning. Drawing on a large study
conducted in Canada, the authors consider diverse forms of
household work, including carework. They highlight the experiences
of people at the margins - including immigrants, Aboriginal women,
people with disabilities, nannies, and people who provide and
receive care - and analyze those experiences through the prism of
lifelong learning theory. The result is a pioneering work that
challenges our assumptions about both household work and lifelong
learning.
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