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Fortunati, Polda The Housewife 1975 Book Chapter Domestic Labour, Care Work, Exploitation, Unpaid Labour, Women and Work Housework, Domestic Labour, Gendered Labour
Citation Fortunati, Polda 1975 Book Chapter Housework Domestic Labour Gendered Labour Domestic Labour Care Work Exploitation Unpaid Labour Women and Work

"The Housewife"

by Fortunati, Polda (1975)

Keywords

Housework, Domestic Labour, Gendered Labour

Themes

Domestic Labour, Care Work, Exploitation, Unpaid Labour, Women and Work

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Citation

Fortunati, Polda. “The Housewife.” All Work and No Pay: Women, Housework, and the Wages Due, edited by Wendy Edmond and Suzie Fleming, Falling Wall Press Ltd, 1975, pp. 13–19.

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