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also of interest:
Under Attack,
Fighting Back:
Women and Welfare
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WOMEN AND THE POLITICS
OF CLASS
by
Johanna Brenner
“An excellent analysis of
women’s oppression and the women’s movement from a socialist-feminist
perspective…. A much-needed addition to contemporary feminist analysis of
male domination …. The clarity and moral passion that informs
[Brenner’s] work is a contagious force often missing in many academic
feminist writings, and will be welcomed by all who are looking for a renewed
egalitarian vision.” —
THE
WOMEN’S REVIEW OF BOOKS
“An impressive, scholarly,
insightful, and superbly argued contribution to personal and academic women's
studies reading lists.” —
THE
MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW
“Socialist feminism, a large and
influential sector of the women's movement thirty years ago, has been largely
eclipsed today, in part by the mistaken view that socialist thought is
irrelevant in a post-communist world. Far from it. In Women and the Politics
of Class, Johanna Brenner combines analytic rigor with moral passion to
demonstrate the liveliness, relevance, and value of this
perspective.” —
LINDA
GORDON
“Johanna Brenner writes with a
clarity of purpose that arises out of a lifetime of participation in the
struggles of working-class women. This breakthrough book establishes her as a
major voice on the American left.” —
MIKE
DAVIS
“This thoughtful set of essays
challenges both traditional Marxist and traditional feminist analyses of gender
and family life. Activists and academics alike will find Women and the
Politics of Class a provocative and engaging read.” —
STEPHANIE COONTZ
Women and the Politics of Class engages many crucial contemporary
feminist issues—abortion, reproductive technology, comparable worth, the
impoverishment of women, the crisis in care-giving, and the shredding of the
social safety net through welfare reform and budget cuts. These problems,
Brenner argues, must be set in the political and economic context of a state
and society dominated by the imperatives of capital accumulation. Drawing on
historical explorations of the labor movement and working-class politics,
Brenner provides a fresh materialist approach to one of the most important
issues of feminist theory today: the intersection of race, ethnicity,
nationality, gender, sexuality, and class.
Contents
Introduction
Part I. Toward a Historical Sociology of Gender
1. Rethinking Women's Oppression
2. Gender and the State
3. Gender and Class Relations in U.S. Labor History
Part II. Women and Social Policy
4. The Feminization of Poverty, Comparable Worth and Feminist Political
Discourse
5. The Politics of Welfare Reform
Part III. The New Politics of the Family
6. Socialism Versus Communitarianism
7. Imagining the Transcendence of the Family
Part IV. Class Politics and Feminist Strategy
8. The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: U.S. Feminism Today
9. Meeting the Challenge of the Political Right
Conclusion
Index
About the Author
JOHANNA
BRENNER is coordinator of women's studies at Portland State
University in Portland, Oregon, has written for Monthly Review, New Left Review, Gender
& Society, among other journals, and is a longtime activist for
reproductive rights, welfare rights, and socialism.
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