Familiar Exploitation: A New Analysis of Marriage in Contemporary Western Societies (Feminist Perspectives)

Familiar Exploitation: A New Analysis of Marriage in Contemporary Western Societies (Feminist Perspectives)

by Diana Leonard (Contributor), Christine Delphy (Author), Christine Delphy (Author), Diana Leonard (Contributor)

Synopsis

This important new book creates new terms for thinking about gender and generational relationships. In so doing it recasts conventional understandings of the family as an institution for organizing labour and consumption.

Delphy and Leonard present their wide-ranging theoretical discussion alongside a comparative study of the family in urban and rural areas. Theoretical innovation is consistently matched by empirical analysis of the family in diverse settings.

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
Pages: 308
Edition: 1
Publisher: Polity
Published: 25 Jun 1992

ISBN 10: 0745609856
ISBN 13: 9780745609850

Media Reviews
'... pathbreaking... Having read their analysis of the household... one can never see the family in the same way again. It will be a very useful text for teaching.' Times Higher Education Supplement 'This work provides a fresh perspective on gender relations.' Family Matters 'Brilliant feminist analysis of the family as an economic system.' Ms Magazine
Author Bio
Diana Leonard has been active in women's movement journals, libraries, conferences and campaigns for nearly twenty years.