ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the negotiation of diverse livelihoods or economic strategies, such as those highlighted in the scenario from West Virginia, through a feminist geographic lens. Livelihoods represent the ways in which household members 'make a living' through a complex set of activities and social interactions. This chapter focuses on different aspects of feminist geography's approach to the economy, work, and social reproduction. The discussion examines the diverse ways in which people gain control over their life's work, through examples from the Global South and North. The chapter introduces how gender and work are conceptualized in feminist geography, with attention to production and social reproduction, intersectionality, informal work, and globalization. It analyses the gendered labor process and specifically how labor is valued through gender differences in occupations, wages, and the status of work. The chapter addresses intersections of globalization and gender with an emphasis on work, inequality, and migration.
