This now classic book traces the social origins of the sexual division of labor. It gives a history of the related processes of colonization and 'housewifization' and extends this analysis to the contemporary new international division of labor and the role which women have to play as the cheapest producers and consumers. First published in 1986, it was hailed as a major paradigm shift for feminist theory. Eleven years on, Maria Mies' theory of capitalist patriarchy has become even more relevant. In this new edition she both applies to her theory to the new, globalized world and answers her critics.
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This study traces the social origins of the sexual division of labour. It provides a history of the related processes of colonization and housewifization and extends this analysis to the international division of labour. In this second edition, Maria Mies answers her critics.
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  • Introduction to the New Edition.
  • Foreword.
  • 1. What is Feminism?
  • 2. Social Origins of the Sexual Division of Labour.
  • 3. Colonization and Housewifization.
  • 4. Housewifization International: Women and the International Division of Labour.
  • 5. Violence Against Women and the Ongoing Primitive Accumulation of Capital.
  • 6. National Liberation and Women's Liberation.
  • 7. Towards a Feminist Perspective of a New Society
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This study traces the social origins of the sexual division of labour. It provides a history of the related processes of colonization and housewifization and extends this analysis to the international division of labour. In this second edition, Maria Mies answers her critics.
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ISBN
9781856497343
Publisert
1999-01-01
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
272

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Biografisk notat

Maria Mies is a sociologist and author of several books on women, economic sustainability and the environment as well as articles in numerous journals. After returning from many years in India, she became head of the Women's Studies Programme at the Institute of Social Sciences in the Hague, and subsequently Professor of Sociology at the achhochsch{umlaut}u in Cologne. Having retired from teaching in 1993, she continues to be active in a range of women's and environmental movements. She is currently writing on the Multilateral Agreement on Investment and, with Veronika Bennholdt-Thomsen, a book on the subsistence perspective (forthcoming from Zed Books in 1999).