Familiar Exploitation: A New Analysis of Marriage in Contemporary Western Societies

By Christine Delphy

Book Overview

This important new book recasts conventional understandings of the family as an institution for organizing labour and consumption. Delphy and Leonard present their wide-ranging theoretical discussion alongside a comparative study of the family in urban and rural areas.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B008Y0AF08
• ISBN13: 9780745609850
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"