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Ehrenreich, Barbara; English, Deirdre The Manufacture of Housework 1975 Article Unpaid Labour, Feminist Critiques of Work Centrality Housework, Domestic Labor, Gendered Work
Citation Ehrenreich, Barbara; English, Deirdre 1975 Article Social. Revolut. Housework Domestic Labor Gendered Work Unpaid Labour Feminist Critiques of Work Centrality

"The Manufacture of Housework"

by Ehrenreich, Barbara; English, Deirdre (1975)

Keywords

Housework, Domestic Labor, Gendered Work

Themes

Unpaid Labour, Feminist Critiques of Work Centrality

Citation

Ehrenreich, Barbara, and Deirdre English. “The Manufacture of Housework.” Social. Revolut., vol. 5, no. 26, 1975, pp. 5–40.

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