The Toronto Wages for Housework Committee
A Contribution to the Critique of Society and Space
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7202718 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sinéad Petrasek (University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 155-175 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Gender Place & Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0966-369X • E-ISSN: 1360-0524 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0966369x.2023.2263915 |
| OpenAlex | W4388180157 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 43 |
Renewed attention to social reproduction theory has generated fresh scholarly interest in socialist-feminist movements from the 1970s-80s such as Wages for Housework. While the critique of domestic labour mounted by the international Wages for Housework campaign is widely known, less attention has been paid to the spatial dimension of their politics. This paper therefore investigates the relations between social reproduction feminism and urban geography, with special reference to the Toronto Wages for Housework committee. On the basis of archival research, I examine how Wages for Housework Toronto collaborated with other urban social groups such as immigrant domestic workers, shelter operators, tenants, and welfare activists to challenge dominant views about property and work. This historical-geographical study shows that a key lesson from Wages for Housework in Canada consists in considering urbanization as an essential element in the relationship between production and reproduction. I argue in conclusion that this critical spatial perspective on social reproduction holds vital political implications for making sense of contemporary crises of care in cities
Economic growth · Economics · Feminism · Labour economics · Political science · Politics · Reproduction · Social reproduction · Social science · Sociology · Urbanization · Welfare · Gender Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US
Commercialization of Intimate Life
Social Reproduction Theory
The Global and the Intimate
City Form and Everyday Life
The subjection of women.
More than a labour of love
The Power of Women and the Subversion of the Community
Money in Their Own Name
Families Apart
Life's Work
Precarious Worlds
Marxism and the Oppression of Women
Revisiting the Domestic-Labour Debate
In the Privacy of our own Home
Last Hired First Fired
For feminist geographies of austerity
Interpreting the apartment house
Reshaping the Boundaries of Public and Private Life
A Woman's Place is in the City
Ripping the Heart out of Ancoats
Autonomism in Theory and Practice
The Political Economy of Women's Liberation
She Was My Kind of Scientist
Vagabond Capitalism and the Necessity of Social Reproduction
The New Urban Frontier
Feminist Antifascism
The Problem with Work
Social Reproduction Theory
The financialization of everyday life
Towards an Understanding of the Gender Division of Urban Space
Abolition of the family
Mothering against motherhood
A Job That Should Be Respected
Flint, Environmental Racism, and Racial Capitalism
Wages for Housework Means Wages against Heterosexuality
On plantations, prisons, and a black sense of place
Family Values
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |