A sociological analysis of gender in Marxist theory

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dc.contributor.authorDe Swardt, Cobusen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-29T11:57:37Z
dc.date.available2016-02-29T11:57:37Z
dc.date.issued1988en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn this study I argue that Marxism has payed far too little attention to the influence of the gender division of labour on social structure. Consequently, Marxism has been unable to place women's exploitation within a general framework of exploitation, objectification and domination. In an attempt to overcome this shortcoming, I critically analyse the interaction of "labour" and "gender" within the structural framework of a contemporary capitalist patriarchal industrial society. My analysis is carried out within a materialist research tradition. I focus on the domestic mode of reproduction and production and analyse the gender division of labour in this mode. For this purpose I assess different theories of gender creation and the influence of mother-monopolized childrearing on gender creation and on the social structure in general. In working with the interaction of "labour" and "gender" I address the possibility of a gender-class analysis. For this purpose I reformulate the Marxist interpretation of the interaction between labour power, surplus value, exchange value and use value. I also assess the contribution of the wages-for-housework debate to a gender-class analysis. Finally I argue that "gender" makes a fundamental contribution to a possible understanding of the interrelation of exploitation, objectification and domination in a contemporary capitalist patriarchal industrial society.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationDe Swardt, C. (1988). <i>A sociological analysis of gender in Marxist theory</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17316en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDe Swardt, Cobus. <i>"A sociological analysis of gender in Marxist theory."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17316en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDe Swardt, C. 1988. A sociological analysis of gender in Marxist theory. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - De Swardt, Cobus AB - In this study I argue that Marxism has payed far too little attention to the influence of the gender division of labour on social structure. Consequently, Marxism has been unable to place women's exploitation within a general framework of exploitation, objectification and domination. In an attempt to overcome this shortcoming, I critically analyse the interaction of "labour" and "gender" within the structural framework of a contemporary capitalist patriarchal industrial society. My analysis is carried out within a materialist research tradition. I focus on the domestic mode of reproduction and production and analyse the gender division of labour in this mode. For this purpose I assess different theories of gender creation and the influence of mother-monopolized childrearing on gender creation and on the social structure in general. In working with the interaction of "labour" and "gender" I address the possibility of a gender-class analysis. For this purpose I reformulate the Marxist interpretation of the interaction between labour power, surplus value, exchange value and use value. I also assess the contribution of the wages-for-housework debate to a gender-class analysis. Finally I argue that "gender" makes a fundamental contribution to a possible understanding of the interrelation of exploitation, objectification and domination in a contemporary capitalist patriarchal industrial society. DA - 1988 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1988 T1 - A sociological analysis of gender in Marxist theory TI - A sociological analysis of gender in Marxist theory UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17316 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDe Swardt C. A sociological analysis of gender in Marxist theory. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 1988 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17316en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Sociologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherSociologyen_ZA
dc.titleA sociological analysis of gender in Marxist theoryen_ZA
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