GGR313H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Domestic Worker, Neoliberalism, Carnivalesque
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Assignment return dates: proposals returned june 4, mini essay grades returned june 6. Work is related to: public/private space, construction of identities in public space, constructions of masculinity/femininity, race. Work: the application of mental or physical effort to carrying out tasks that serve human needs"(feminist glossary of human geography) It"s not a definition work with vocation, it includes all types of general work that people do to get on with their lives. Traditional division of home and work: work done by women has historically been devalued. In part, this is because of the ideological division of separate spheres. The ideological difference between productive and reproductive work: productive work is gendered male. Making a car, creating a lecture: reproductive work is gendered female. Includes all work that goes on without actively creating things. Reproducing situations in which productive work can exist. Making meals, washing dishes, caring for babies.
