Family Abolition and Social Revolution: Theories of Social Reproduction Now (NeMLA 25)
Philadelphia
Organization: NeMLA
Event: NeMLA 25
The last twenty years have marked a wave of renewed interest in social reproduction theory, from the republication of work associated with the 1970s Wages for Housework campaign from theorists like Mariarosa Dalla Costa, Selma James, and Silvia Federici, to new works by Federici and a host of new thinkers focused on questions of social reproduction including Kathi Weeks, Nancy Fraser, Sophie Lewis, M.E. O’Brien, and Premilla Nadasen. Lewis, O'Brien, and Weeks have helped return attention to Marx and Engels's call for "the abolition of the family," and elaborated the history and scope of this demand for social revolution.
This panel seeks presentations engaged with these calls for revolutions in social reproduction. Possible topics include:- Theoretical engagements with contemporary work on family abolition and social reproduction.
- Analyses of cultural texts that represent social reproduction work.
- Analyses of cultural texts that engage with the concept of family abolition.
- Presentations on the pedagogical uses of social reproduction theory
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https://cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/21223
Joshua Gooch