Feminist Reading of Debt

***Winner of an English PEN Award 2021***In this sharp intervention, authors Luci Cavallero and Veronica Gago defiantly develop a feminist understanding of debt, showing its impact on women and members of the LGBTQ+ community and examining the relationship between debt and social reproduction.Exploring the link between financial activity and the rise of conservative forces in Latin America, the book demonstrates that debt is intimately linked to gendered violence and patriarchal notions of the family. Yet, rather than seeing these forces as insurmountable, the authors also show ways in which debt can be resisted, drawing on concrete experiences and practices from Latin America and around the world.Featuring interviews with women in Argentina and Brazil, the book reveals the real-life impact of debt and how it falls mainly on the shoulders of women, from the household to the wider effects of national debt and austerity. However, through discussions around experiences of work, prisons, domestic labour, agriculture, family, abortion and housing, a narrative of resistance emerges.Translated by Liz Mason-Deese.

Product details

• Authors: Luci Cavallero, Lucí Cavallero, Luci Gago Cavallero, Veronica Gago, Verónica Gago, Liz Mason-Deese
• Assisted by: Liz Mason-Deese (Translation)
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.04.2021
• EAN: 9780745341729
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-4172-9
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 215 mm x 5 mm
• Series: Mapping Social Reproduction Theory
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Brazil, Argentina, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, 21st Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Prostitution & Sex Trade, Of specific Gay & Lesbian interest, Political activism, Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, Social discrimination & inequality, Feminism & feminist theory, Political Economy, Gender studies: women, domestic violence, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Domestic abuse, Political activism / Political engagement, Social discrimination and social justice, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Harassment & Discrimination