What is Work?: Gender at the Crossroads of Home, Family, and Business from the Early Modern Era to the Present (International Studies in Social History #30)

By: Raffaella Sarti and Anna Bellavitis and Manuela Martini

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Synopsis: Every society throughout history has defined what counts as work and what doesn't. And more often than not, those lines of demarcation are inextricable from considerations of gender. What Is Work? offers a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding labor within the highly gendered realm of household economies. Drawing from scholarship on gender history, economic sociology, family history, civil law, and feminist economics, these essays explore the changing and often contested boundaries between what was and is considered work in different Euro-American contexts over several centuries, with an eye to the ambiguities and biases that have shaped mainstream conceptions of work across all social sectors.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781785339127
Related ISBNs:: 9781785339110, 9781785338946, 9781789208023
Publisher:: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Date of Addition:: 11/02/20
Copyrighted By:: Raffaella Sarti, Anna Bellavitis, Manuela Martini
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Raffaella Sarti
Edited by:: Anna Bellavitis
Edited by:: Manuela Martini