Maidens, Meal and Money
Capitalism and the Domestic Community
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4120548 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Claude Meillassoux |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 716 |
| Publication date | 1981-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | Maidens, meal, and money: Capitalism and the Domestic Community, Claude Meillassoux, 1986 |
| Venue | Population and Development Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0098-7921 • E-ISSN: 1728-4457 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1972819 |
| OpenAlex | W2006690582 |
| Language | EN |
Preface to the English translation Introduction Part I: The Domestic Community: 1. Locating the domestic community 2. Domestic reproduction 3. The alimentary structures of kinship 4. The dialectic of equality 5. Who are the exploited? 6. Contradictions and contacts: the premises of inequality Part II: The exploitation of the domestic community: imperialism as a mode of reproduction of cheap labour power: 7. The paradoxes of colonial exploitation 8. Direct and indirect wages 9. Primitive accumulation 10. Without hearth or home: the rural exodus 11. Periodic migration: the eternal return to the native land 12. The maintenance of labour-reserves 13. The double labour market and segregation 14. The profits from immigration 15. The limites of the over-exploitation of labour Conclusion Notes References cited Index
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|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |