Marx on gender and the family : a critical study / / by Heather A. Brown.

• Author: Brown, Heather A.
• שנת הוצאה לאור: 2012
• שפה: English
• סדרה: Historical Materialism Book Series 39.
• תיאור פיזי: 1 online resource (242 p.)
• הערות: Description based upon print version of record.

This, the first book-length study devoted exclusively to Marx’s perspectives on gender and the family, offers a fresh look at this topic in light of twenty-first century concerns. Although Marx’s writings sometimes exhibit sexism, especially through the naturalization of certain female social functi...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material
• 1 I ntroduction
• 2 The Early Writings on Gender and the Family
• 3 Political Economy, Gender, and the ‘Transformation’ of the Family
• 4 Marx’s Journalism and Political Activities
• Patriarchy, Women’s Oppression and Resistance: Comparing Marx and Engels on Gender and the Family in Precapitalist Societies
• 6 The Family, the State and Property-Rights: The Dialectics of Gender and the Family in Precapitalist Societies
• 7 Conclusion
• References
• Index.