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The problem with work : feminism, Marxism, antiwork politics, and postwork imaginaries / Kathi Weeks.

By: Weeks, Kathi, 1958-Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Durham, N.C. : Chesham : Duke University Press ; Combined Academic [distributor], 2011Description: 296 pISBN: 9780822351122 (pbk.) :; 0822351129 (pbk.) :; 9780822350965 (hbk.) :; 0822350963 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Work -- Social aspects | Work-life balance | Feminism | Socialism | SocietyDDC classification: 306.3'6 Summary: In this volume, Kathi Weeks challenges the presupposition that work, or waged labour, is inherently a social and political good. Weeks argues that in taking work as a given, we have 'depoliticized' it, or removed it from the realm of political critique.

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In this volume, Kathi Weeks challenges the presupposition that work, or waged labour, is inherently a social and political good. Weeks argues that in taking work as a given, we have 'depoliticized' it, or removed it from the realm of political critique.

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