Marxism and the Oppression of Women
Toward a Unitary Theory
Description
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 theorization 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.
Author Bios
Lise Vogel, a veteran of the U.S. civil-rights and women’s-liberation movements, is Professor (retired) of Sociology at Rider University and the author of numerous books and articles. Before becoming a sociologist, she had an earlier career in art history.
Susan Ferguson, Ph.D. (1996), Wilfrid Laurier University, is Associate Professor of Contemporary Studies and Journalism at the Brantford, Ontario campus of that university. She has published in the area of socialist feminism, children's culture, and journalism studies.
David McNally is the Cullen Distinguished Professor of History and Business at the University of Houston and director of the Center for the Study of Capitalism. McNally is the author of seven books and has won a number of awards, including the Paul Sweezy Award from the American Sociological Associaton for his book Global Slump and the Deutscher Memorial Award for Monsters of the Market.
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Publication date: March 11, 2014
Table of Contents
Capital, Labour-Power, and Gender-Relations: Introduction to the Historical Materialism Edition of Marxism and the Oppression of Women, Susan Ferguson and David McNally
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
PART ONE: SOCIALIST FEMINISM
2. A Decade of Debate
3. Socialist Feminism and the Woman-Question
PART TWO: MARX AND ENGELS
4. Early Views
5. Marx: The Mature Years
6. Engels: A Defective Formulation
PART THREE: THE SOCIALIST MOVEMENT
7. The Second International
8. Toward Revolution
PART FOUR: FROM THE WOMAN-QUESTION TO WOMEN’S LIBERATION
9. A Dual Legacy
10. The Reproduction of Labour-Power
11 Beyond Domestic Labour
Appendix. Domestic Labour Revisited
References
Index
