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Patriarchy and Class

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African Women in the Home and the Workforce

Patriarchy and Class

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Patriarchy and Class book

African Women in the Home and the Workforce
Edited BySharon B. Stichter, Jane L. Parpart
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1988
eBook Published 27 September 2019
Pub. Location New York
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429301155
Pages 233
eBook ISBN 9780429301155
Subjects Area Studies
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Stichter, S.B., & Parpart, J. (1988). Patriarchy And Class: African Women In The Home And The Workforce (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429301155

ABSTRACT

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|26 pages

Introduction: Towards a Materialist Perspective on African Women

BySharon B. Stichter, Jane L. Parpart

chapter 2|33 pages

The Material Basis of Sexism: A Mode of Production Analysis

ByJeanne Koopman Henn

chapter 3|20 pages

Patriarchal Social Formations in Zimbabwe

ByNancy Folbre

chapter 4|16 pages

Demographic Theories and Women's Reproductive Labor

ByJane Vock

chapter 5|18 pages

Rural Women's Access to Labor in West Africa

ByPenelope A. Roberts

chapter 6|24 pages

Sexuality and Power on the Zambian Copperbelt: 1926-1964

ByJane L. Parpart

chapter 7|22 pages

Domestic Labor in a Colonial City: Prostitution in Nairobi, 1900-1952 1

ByLuise White

chapter 8|16 pages

Evading Male Control: Women in the Second Economy in Zaire

ByJanet MacGaffey

chapter 9|27 pages

The Middle-Class Family in Kenya: Changes in Gender Relations

BySharon B. Stichter

chapter 10|15 pages

Trapped Workers: The Case of Domestic Servants in South Africa

ByJacklyn Cock
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