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Title:Marxism, Feminism and South African Studies
Author:Bozzoli, Belinda
Year:1983
Periodical:Journal of Southern African Studies
Volume:9
Issue:2
Period:April
Pages:139-171
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:Marxism
women
Politics and Government
Women's Issues
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/2636298
Abstract:The acknowledgement of the existence of a patriarchal system, or 'female oppression', has been the precondition for the development of Marxist-feminist thought. But having acknowledged its existence, Marxists have considered it their task to go far beyond the descriptive and idealist formulations of the radical feminists. They have questioned the usefulness of the essentially biological rather than social category of 'women' and they have attempted to construct explanations for female oppression in materialist and historical terms. They have attempted to discover how female oppression interacts with class exploitation (and in a few cases, with racial oppression) and with capitalism. This essay seeks to discover ways in which one may better understand the place of female oppression in the development of the capitalist, racist state in South Africa. Sections: Introduction - Approaches to gender - The 'patchwork quilt' of patriarchies - Patriarchy and modern capitalism - Domestic struggles and class consciousness - Conclusion. Notes.
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