Wages for HouseworkLe Salaire Au Travail Ménager: Chronique d'une Lutte Féministe Internationale: A History of an International Feminist Movement, 1972-77Chronique d'une Lutte Féministe Internationale

In This First-ever International History Of The Divisive And Influential Feminist Movement Wages For Housework, Louise Toupin Draws On Extensive Archival Research And Interviews With The Movement's Founders And Activists From Italy, England, Germany, Switzerland, The United States, And Canada. Featuring Previously Unpublished Conversations With Silvia Federici And Mariarosa Dalla Costa, The Book Highlights The Power And Originality Of The Movement, Detailing Its Theoretical And Organizational Innovations Around The Multifaceted And Unrecognized Forms Of Labour Performed Largely By Women. Challenging Both Classic Marxist Theory And The Mainstream Women's Movement, Wages For Housework Organized In The 1970s Around The Idea That Domestic Or Reproductive Labour Is As Crucial For The Survival Of The Capitalist System As More Typically Male Productive Labour, And Is Therefore A Central Site Of Not Only Feminist But Also Anti-capitalist Struggle. Its Activists Demanded The Wage As A Way Of Insisting That Housework's Value Be Recognized. These Ideas Are Still Hotly Debated Around The World Today. Wages For Housework Is A Major Contribution To The History Of Feminist And Anti-capitalist Movements, And A Provocative Intervention Into Contemporary Conversations About Theory, Tactics, And Strategy For Confronting The Changing Nature Of Work, Cultural Norms, And The Gendered Labour Market.-- List Of Illustrations -- Introduction: A Political And Personal History -- Part 1: The International Feminist Collective -- Historical Overview And Political Perspective -- 1. 1972: Wages For Housework In The Universe Of Feminism -- 2. A Wage As A Lever For Power: The Political Perspective -- 3. The International Feminist Collective, 1972-77 -- Part 2: Mobilizations Around Women's Invisible Work Overview -- 4. Mobilizations Around Women's Invisible Work In The Home -- 5. Mobilizations Around Women's Invisible Work Outside The Home -- 6. Mobilizations By Groups On The Periphery Of The Network: Lohn Für Hausarbeit In Berlin And Collectif L'insoumise In Geneva -- Conclusion -- Afterword -- From Yesterday To Today: The Intellectual Journeys Of Mariarosa Dalla Costa And Silvia Federici, From 1977 To 2013 -- Interview With Mariarosa Dalla Costa Interview With Silvia Federici -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index. Louise Toupin ; Translated By Käthe Roth. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 305-314) And Index. Translated From The French. In This First-ever International History Of The Divisive And Influential Feminist Movement Wages For Housework, Louise Toupin Draws On Extensive Archival Research And Interviews With The Movement's Founders And Activists From Italy, England, Germany, Switzerland, The United States, And Canada. Featuring Previously Unpublished Conversations With Silvia Federici And Mariarosa Dalla Costa, The Book Highlights The Power And Originality Of The Movement, Detailing Its Theoretical And Organizational Innovations Around The Multifaceted And Unrecognized Forms Of Labour Performed Largely By Women. Challenging Both Classic Marxist Theory And The Mainstream Women's Movement, Wages For Housework Organized In The 1970s Around The Idea That Domestic Or Reproductive Labour Is As Crucial For The Survival Of The Capitalist System As More Typically Male Productive Labour, And Is Therefore A Central Site Of Not Only Feminist But Also Anti-capitalist Struggle. Its Activists Demanded The Wage As A Way Of Insisting That Housework's Value Be Recognized. These Ideas Are Still Hotly Debated Around The World Today. Wages For Housework Is A Major Contribution To The History Of Feminist And Anti-capitalist Movements, And A Provocative Intervention Into Contemporary Conversations About Theory, Tactics, And Strategy For Confronting The Changing Nature Of Work, Cultural Norms, And The Gendered Labour Market.-- List Of Illustrations -- Introduction: A Political And Personal History -- Part 1: The International Feminist Collective -- Historical Overview And Political Perspective -- 1. 1972: Wages For Housework In The Universe Of Feminism -- 2. A Wage As A Lever For Power: The Political Perspective -- 3. The International Feminist Collective, 1972-77 -- Part 2: Mobilizations Around Women's Invisible Work Overview -- 4. Mobilizations Around Women's Invisible Work In The Home -- 5. Mobilizations Around Women's Invisible Work Outside The Home -- 6. Mobilizations By Groups On The Periphery Of The Network: Lohn Für Hausarbeit In Berlin And Collectif L'insoumise In Geneva -- Conclusion -- Afterword -- From Yesterday To Today: The Intellectual Journeys Of Mariarosa Dalla Costa And Silvia Federici, From 1977 To 2013 -- Interview With Mariarosa Dalla Costa Interview With Silvia Federici -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index. Louise Toupin ; Translated By Käthe Roth. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 305-314) And Index. Translated From The French. In this first-ever international history of the influential feminist movement Wages for Housework, Louise Toupin draws on extensive archival research and interviews with the movements founders and activists from Italy, England, Germany, Switzerland, the United States, and Canada. Featuring previously unpublished conversations with Silvia Federici and Mariarosa Dalla Costa, the book highlights the power and originality of the movement, detailing its theoretical and organizational innovations around the unrecognized labour performed by women. Challenging both classic Marxist theory and the mainstream womens movement, Wages for Housework organized in the 1970s around the idea that domestic or reproductive labour is as crucial for the survival of the capitalist system as more typically male productive labour. Its activists demanded the wage as a way of ensuring that houseworks value be recognized, an idea still hotly debated today. Wages for Housework is a major contribution to the history of feminist and anti-capitalist movements and a provocative intervention into contemporary conversations about the changing nature of work and the gendered labour market. Toupin provides an international history of the feminist movement Wages for Housework, drawing on archival research and interviews with the movement's founders and activists from Italy, England, Germany, Switzerland, the United States, and Canada. Featuring previously unpublished conversations with Silvia Federici and Mariarosa Dalla Costa, the author highlights the power and originality of the movement, detailing its theoretical and organizational innovations around the multifaceted and unrecognized forms of labour performed largely by women. --Adapted from publisher description