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

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...

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Utgivningsår:2012
Språk:English
Serie:Historical Materialism Book Series 39.
Fysisk beskrivning:1 online resource (242 p.)
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Innehållsförteckning:
  • 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.