Essays about: "reproductive labor"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words reproductive labor.

  1. 1. "Three meals a day and a place to stay" : Non-waged labor, household formation and the politics of scale on organic farms in the southeastern United States

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Dean Mirabito; [2023]
    Keywords : family farm; agrarian question; self-exploitation; home; social reproduction; non-waged labor; scale; WWOOF;

    Abstract : Family farms practicing organic agriculture often struggle to make a profit. Unable to pay wages, farms are increasingly recruiting laborers who agree to work without pay, instead receiving food and accommodation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Mai Mamma: An exploratory qualitative case study of Apulian mothers' perception of childcare

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Francesco Saverio Demarinis; [2023]
    Keywords : care work; social reproduction; love labor; mothering; Puglia; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In Italy, ideas surrounding family and motherhood seem to be unveiled as myths rather than values. Despite the historical prominence of these notions within the national political and social agenda, the country's support to families and predominantly female caregivers remains severely inadequate. READ MORE

  4. 3. Naturalizing Women and Feminizing Nature : A Marxist Ecofeminist Reading of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Abbey Austin Whitley; [2022]
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    Abstract : This thesis investigates how women and the natural world are naturalized and feminized within the 1984 film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind by Hayao Miyazaki. I construct this analysis through a Marxist Ecofeminist framework that highlights the role of reproductive labor in the subordination of both women and nature. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Effects of Fertility on Intrahousehold Resource Allocation and Women’s Bargaining Power - Evidence from Nigeria

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Isabella Rego Monteiro; [2022]
    Keywords : fertility; reproductive behavior; female empowerment; bargaining power; development; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper analyzes the impact of reproductive outcomes on women's participation in their family's decision-making and on the share of the household's resources allocated to them. It also examines the effects on labor, time use, and health-related outcomes. READ MORE

  6. 5. Restoring Value : Homeschooling in the Context of the Devaluation of Reproductive Labor

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

    Author : Alexa Leigh Benedetti; [2022]
    Keywords : Homeschool; Gender; Reproductive Labor; Paid Work;

    Abstract : Homeschooling is becoming an increasingly popular education alternative in much of the developed world and the desire by parents to homeschool is slowly changing the perception of homeschooling and the laws that regulate and/or prohibit the practice. This paper examines the practice of homeschooling via a gendered lens and with clear recognition of the devaluation of reproductive labor within the modern, capitalist social context. READ MORE