Patriarchy And Class: African Women In The Home And The Workforce

by Sharon B Stichter, Jane Parpart

Overview

This book argues for the applicability of a materialist mode of production analysis to the situation of women in Africa. It briefly reviews some of the intellectual background and current theoretical dilemmas of marxism-feminism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367282400
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/13/2019
Pages:	233
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sharon B. Stichter, Jane L. Parpart

Table of Contents

Introduction: Towards a Materialist Perspective on African Women — The Material Basis of Sexism: A Mode of Production Analysis — Patriarchal Social Formations in Zimbabwe — Demographic Theories and Women's Reproductive Labor — Rural Women's Access to Labor in West Africa — Sexuality and Power on the Zambian Copperbelt: 1926-1964 — Domestic Labor in a Colonial City: Prostitution in Nairobi, 1900-19521 — Evading Male Control: Women in the Second Economy in Zaire — The Middle-Class Family in Kenya: Changes in Gender Relations — Trapped Workers: The Case of Domestic Servants in South Africa