More than a Labour of Love - Women's Press Classics

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-88961-062-0
Verlag: Canadian Scholars

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 133 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 380 g

Originally published in 1980, this new edition of More Than a Labour of Love is the first of our Women’s Press Classics series, which celebrates our most enduring titles.

Based on participant observation and in-depth interviews, this book describes the work women do in their homes, caring for children and partners, and maintaining the house. It shows how their lives are shaped by domestic responsibilities and challenges the ways in which their work is neither recognized nor valued. Arguing that the work they do is socially necessary and central to the economy, it calls for a transformation of current social and economic relations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Luxton, Meg

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Chapter One: Introduction
- Chapter Two: Domestic Labour in Flin Flon: An Overview of the Study
- Chapter Three: Wives and Husbands
- Chapter Four: Mothers and Children
- Chapter Five: Housewives and Housework
- Chapter Six: Making Ends Meet
- Chapter Seven: Bread and Roses

Über Autor(innen)

Meg Luxton is Professor in the School of Social Sciences and the Women's Studies Program at Atkinson College, York University. She is Director of the Graduate Program in Women's Studies and has published widely, with several highly acclaimed books and articles on the women's movement; women's work, paid and unpaid; and relations among work, family, and class. Her current research examines the impact of social policy on informal caregiving practices.