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Kittay, Eva Loves Labor revisited 2002 Article Care Work, Women and Work, Domestic Labour Gender Relations, Dependency, Equality, Personal Relationships, Dependency Labor
Citation Kittay, Eva 2002 Article Hypatia Gender Relations Dependency Equality Personal Relationships Dependency Labor Care Work Women and Work Domestic Labour

"Loves Labor revisited"

by Kittay, Eva (2002)

Abstract

Love's Labor explores the relations that dependency work fosters between women and between men and women, and argues that dependency is not exceptional but integral to human life. The commentaries point to more facets of dependency such as the importance (and limitation) of personal narrative in philosophizing dependency (Ruddick); the role of spirituality that Gottlieb addresses with regard to his disabled daughter; and the application of the theory to the situation of elderly women (Tong).

Keywords

Gender Relations, Dependency, Equality, Personal Relationships, Dependency Labor

Themes

Care Work, Women and Work, Domestic Labour

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