Class Questions Feminist Answers

by Acker, Joan

• ISBN13: 9780742546240
• ISBN10: 0742546241
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-08
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Summary

Class Questions: Feminist Answers examines feminist theories of class and intersectionality and proposes a theory of gendered and racialized class processes as deeply embedded in capitalist practices, both historically and today. Joan Acker argues that large work organizations are primary locations in which gendered and racialized class inequalities are created. As neo-liberal market practices reorganize work, gendered and racialized class inequalities are both reorganized and increasing nationally and globally. This book will appeal to readers interested in a feminist discussion of class as a racialized and gendered process intimately tied to the capitalist economic system.

Author Biography

Joan Acker is professor emerita in the Department of Sociology at the University of Oregon.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Series Editors' Foreword	ix
Introduction---The Feminist Problem with Class	1	(14)
Feminists Theorizing Class---Issues and Arguments	15	(30)
Thinking about Gendered and Racialized Class	45	(32)
Is Capitalism Gendered and Racialized?	77	(28)
Large Organizations and the Production of Gendered and Racialized Class	105	(30)
Changes in Gendered and Racialized Class	135	(34)
Conclusion---Some Optimistic Proposals	169	(18)
References	187	(24)
Index	211	(8)
About the Author	219