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Fraser, Nancy Contradictions of Capital and Care 2016 Article Capitalism, Care Work, Social Reproduction, Women and Work Care, Care Work, Family, Work-Life Balance, Capitalism, Crisi, Housewife, Domestic Labour, Gendered Labour, Fordism, Family Wage, Wage
Citation Fraser, Nancy 2016 Article New Left Review Care Care Work Family Work-Life Balance Capitalism Crisi Housewife Domestic Labour Gendered Labour Fordism Family Wage Wage Capitalism Care Work Social Reproduction Women and Work

"Contradictions of Capital and Care"

by Fraser, Nancy (2016)

Abstract

Nancy Fraser tracks the reconfiguration of the relations of social reproduction under successive regimes of accumulation—‘separate spheres’, male breadwinner, dual-income household. Are the exactions of financialized capitalism now serving to undermine its lifeworld?

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Care, Care Work, Family, Work-Life Balance, Capitalism, Crisi, Housewife, Domestic Labour, Gendered Labour, Fordism, Family Wage, Wage

Themes

Capitalism, Care Work, Social Reproduction, Women and Work

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