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in Ellen Malos (ed.) An example is the statement by Catherine Hall which argues that “with the development of capitalism comes the separation of capital from labour, the separation of the home from the place of work and the separation of domestic labour and commodity production”: see London
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An example is the statement by Catherine Hall which argues that “with the development of capitalism comes the separation of capital from labour, the separation of the home from the place of work and the separation of domestic labour and commodity production”: see Catherine Hall, “The History of the Housewife”, in Ellen Malos (ed.), The Politics of Housework (London, 1980).
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The Politics of Housework
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The Housewife and Her Labour Under Capitalism
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The domestic labour debate focuses on the issue of what domestic work means for the accumulation of capital. On the one hand some scholars argue that while having no direct relation with capital, domestic labour “contributes directly to the creation of the commodity labour power”: see
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The domestic labour debate focuses on the issue of what domestic work means for the accumulation of capital. On the one hand some scholars argue that while having no direct relation with capital, domestic labour “contributes directly to the creation of the commodity labour power”: see Wally Seccombe, “The Housewife and Her Labour Under Capitalism”, New Left Review, 83 (1974), pp. 3–74.
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The Housewife and Her Labour under Capitalism - A Critique
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Others state that the mechanisms of wage labour as revealed by Marx do not, however, apply in the same way to domestic labour, precisely because it is not wage labour
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Others state that the mechanisms of wage labour as revealed by Marx do not, however, apply in the same way to domestic labour, precisely because it is not wage labour: Margaret Coulson, Branka Magas and Hilary Wainwright, “The Housewife and Her Labour under Capitalism - A Critique”, New Left Review, 89 (1975).
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She states, “[…] the traditional patriarchal family was replaced by a more modern, more affectionate, more egalitarian, and more child-centered one”
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She states, “[…] the traditional patriarchal family was replaced by a more modern, more affectionate, more egalitarian, and more child-centered one”: Fairchild, Domestic Enemies, p. 17.
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Faye Dudden shows that among all ethnic groups, only Chinese men were as prone to enter service work. She mainly points to the labour market for the general absence of male servants, i.e. that it was greater labour market opportunities that prevented men from entering the domestic service: see
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Faye Dudden shows that among all ethnic groups, only Chinese men were as prone to enter service work. She mainly points to the labour market for the general absence of male servants, i.e. that it was greater labour market opportunities that prevented men from entering the domestic service: see Dudden, Serving Women, p. 222.
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Serving Women
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Besides the availability of more white-collar urban jobs, the decline in (live-in) English servants was attributed also to: the curtailment of young girls from employment by school and labour legislation; the increase in the cost of living and house-rents; the change in the age structure of the servant population (this was because of changes in the demand for servants where live-in help was no longer required) and the introduction of labour-saving technology: see
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Besides the availability of more white-collar urban jobs, the decline in (live-in) English servants was attributed also to: the curtailment of young girls from employment by school and labour legislation; the increase in the cost of living and house-rents; the change in the age structure of the servant population (this was because of changes in the demand for servants where live-in help was no longer required) and the introduction of labour-saving technology: see Tilly and Scott, Women, Work and Family, pp. 153–154.
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Davidoff and Hall mention that “by opening their homes to strangers, masters place their own lives and those of their kin, as well as their material possessions at risk”: Family Fortunes, p. 52. In the Dutch East Indies, Ann Stoler shows that since nursemaids and other domestics were thought to perform “intimate functions” for children under their control, native servants represented sexual and moral danger: see Durham
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Davidoff and Hall mention that “by opening their homes to strangers, masters place their own lives and those of their kin, as well as their material possessions at risk”: Family Fortunes, p. 52. In the Dutch East Indies, Ann Stoler shows that since nursemaids and other domestics were thought to perform “intimate functions” for children under their control, native servants represented sexual and moral danger: see Ann Stoler, Race and the Education of Desire (Durham, 1995).
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