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Brenner, J Utopian families 2000 Article Care Work, Social Centrality of Work, Women and Work, Utopia Feminism, Collectivism, Socialism, Socialist-Feminism, Community, Family, Communitarianism, Individualism, Queer Politics, American Context, Familistic Politics, Household Work, Domestic Work, Carework
Citation Brenner, J 2000 Article Socialist Register Feminism Collectivism Socialism Socialist-Feminism Community Family Communitarianism Individualism Queer Politics American Context Familistic Politics Household Work Domestic Work Carework Care Work Social Centrality of Work Women and Work Utopia

"Utopian families"

by Brenner, J (2000)

Abstract

In two great utopian novels of the 1970s, Woman on the Edge of Time and The Dispossessed, Marge Piercy and Ursula LeGuin drew on anarchist, that is, radically democratic collectivist ideas while exploring in depth those areas of life that have been …

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Feminism, Collectivism, Socialism, Socialist-Feminism, Community, Family, Communitarianism, Individualism, Queer Politics, American Context, Familistic Politics, Household Work, Domestic Work, Carework

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Care Work, Social Centrality of Work, Women and Work, Utopia

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