The Problem With Work - Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries

Informationen zum Autor Kathi Weeks is Associate Professor of Women’s Studies at Duke University. She is the author of Constituting Feminist Subjects and a co-editor of The Jameson Reader. Klappentext Kathi Weeks is Associate Professor of Women’s Studies at Duke University. She is the author of Constituting Feminist Subjects and a co-editor of The Jameson Reader. Zusammenfassung The Problem with Work develops a Marxist feminist critique of the structures and ethics of work! as well as a perspective for imagining a life no longer subordinated to them. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments ix Introduction. The Problem with Work 1 1. Mapping the Work Ethic 37 2. Marxism, Productivism, and the Refusal of Work 79 3. Working Demands: From Wages for Housework to Basic Income 113 4. "Hours for What We Will": Work, Family, and the Demand for Shorter Hours 151 5. The Future Is Now: Utopian Demands and the Temporalities of Hope 175 Epilogue. A Life beyond Work 227 Notes 235 References 255 Index 275

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kathi Weeks
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 14.10.2011
• EAN: 9780822350965
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-5096-5
• Pagine: 304
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 242 mm x 20 mm
• Serie: A John Hope Franklin Center Book; John Hope Franklin Center Book; A John Hope Franklin Center Book; John Hope Franklin Center Book
• Categoria: Saggistica