Power of women, race and class
Power of women, race and class
Order Description
Essays should draw directly from the themes we’ve discussed in class, and should use the ideas of at least two authors we’ve read. They should be accompanied by a
written statement explaining the idea of the project and the authors they are drawing from.
Answer the question: In their essay, Selma James and Mariarosa Dalla Costa develop a feminist critique of Marx’s analysis of capitalism, in concepts such as labor,
class, and surplus value? How do these concepts, as Marx formulated them, fail to take into account the structural position of women and their reproductive activity in
social relations under capitalism?
make bullet points and explanation under each point for presentation use.
*The Readings: Selma James and Mariarosa Dalla Costa, “The Power of Women and the Subversion of Community”
Angela Davis, “The Approaching Obsolescence of Housework: A Working-Class Perspective,” in Women, Race, and Class (New York: Random House, 1981), pp. 230-252