Introduction
Researching and Rethinking the Labors of Love
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2815262 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jocelyn Olcott (0000-0003-1234-4882, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-27 |
| Publication date | 2011-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hispanic American Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2168 • E-ISSN: 1527-1900 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00182168-2010-085 |
| OpenAlex | W2016564399 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
This introduction situates the articles in this special issue within the broader United States and Latin American historiographies of reproductive labor-the unpaid "caring" work of childcare, housekeeping, food provision, and the maintenance of critical community networks. It explores the conceptual and methodological issues raised in studying labor that individual actors often performed in both public and private realms and in commodified and uncommodified forms. By considering studies dating back to the colonial period and across the Americas, this essay explores the historical contingencies of reproductive labor with particular attention to the specificities of social relations, the impact of modernization and industrialization, and the role of policy makers and state agencies. These studies underscore the challenges of defining and researching this understudied area of labor history and its potential contributions to other historical subfields, especially family, economic, political, social, and cultural history. The introduction concludes with a brief delineation of the articles' methodological contributions and promising directions in the study of reproductive-labor history
Commodification · Economics · Economy · Industrialisation · Labor history · Labor relations · Latin Americans · Modernization theory · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science) · Gender Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law
From "A Foot in the Kitchen" to "A Foot in the Door
Entre las normas y sus usos
The historiography of social reproduction and reproductive labor
Rights to Her Labor
Historia, cuidados y género
The New School Lecture “an army of women”
Reproduction as production
An Unrequited Labor of Love
Sex Work in Contemporary Latin American Film
Reproductive Labor and Caring Practices in Latin American Film and Screen Cultures
Música E Infancia
Domestic Workers and Foreign Occupation
Labor, Rematerialized
Gender, Ethnicity, and Circulation of Children
The Making of a “Simple Domestic
The Ties Allowed to Bind
Historias del servicio doméstico
Mucamas y domésticas - trabajo femenino, justicia y desigualdad (Mar del Plata, Argentina, 1956-1974)
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,2 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |