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Re: AUT: Marxist explanations of sexual violence
- Subject: Re: AUT: Marxist explanations of sexual violence
- From: Jim Fleming <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 10:49:38 -0500
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This book is available from Autonomedia:
Arcane of Reproduction
Housework, Prostitution, Labor and Capital
Leopoldina Fortunati
US$10.00
In Stock
Quantity
ISBN 0-936756-14-4 | Pub. Date: 1995
176 Pages | 6" x 9" | Paper Perfectbound
Autonomedia
One of Italy's leading feminist thinkers critiques traditional
Marxist categories and examines their effects on the capitalist
"reproductive" roles of women's labor and bodies in which the
individual is redefined in pure terms of use value.
http://bookstore.autonomedia.org
>Hi autopsy and revo-readers,
>
>Does anyone know of any work by Marxists on sexual
>violence (that's the general term the experts use to
>cover everything from rape to incest to harassment at
>work)?
>
>I have been helping someone employed by a sexual
>health group do some research and formulate some
>viewpoints on this issue. For me, it is essential to
>take a broad and materialist view of this issue - to
>transcend the narrow empiricism - the uncontextualised
>statistics and reproduction of faddish homilies -
>which compromise much of the work I have seen.
>
>The leap from analyses of the likes of unpaid domestic
>labour and women's role in the reserve army of labour
>to explanations of actual sexual violence is a great
>one. I have been trying (proabaly ineptly) to make it
>by focusing on ideology - that is, on the ideological
>reproduction of women's economic place in capitalism
>via the operation of empiricism/commodity fetishism. I
>figure that the presence of sexist ideology - which,
>of course, comes in many forms, from Baptism to
>political correctness to ostensibly liberatory guides
>to being a 'superwoman' - is a necessary condition for
>acts of sexual violence, and that credible claims can
>thus be made about a 'material base' for sexual
>violence in capitalist society.
>
>If the base often makes itself felt indirectly,
>through the agency of ideology, it may also make
>itself felt directly, by ensuring an environment that
>encourages such violence (the 'privacy' of the
>family-as-economic-unit and the economic dependence of
>many women on men are cases in point here).
>
>Does anyone have any thoughts, references?
>
>Cheers
>Scott
>
>=====
>"Revolution is not like cricket, not even one day cricket"
>
>__________________________________________________
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+2" color="#000000">This book
is available from Autonomedia:</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+2"
color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+2" color="#000000">Arcane of
Reproduction</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><b>Housework,
Prostitution, Labor and Capital</b><br>
<b>Leopoldina Fortunati</b><br>
<br>
US$10.00<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<font size="-1">In Stock</font><br>
Quantity <br>
<br>
<br>
<font size="-2">ISBN 0-936756-14-4 |
Pub. Date: 1995 <br>
176 Pages</font> | <font size="-2">6" x
9" | Paper Perfectbound<br>
Autonomedia</font><br>
<br>
One of Italy's leading feminist thinkers critiques traditional
Marxist categories and examines their effects on the capitalist
"reproductive" roles of women's labor and bodies in which
the individual is redefined in pure terms of use value.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"
color="#000000">http://bookstore.autonomedia.org<br>
<br>
</font></div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Hi autopsy and revo-readers,<br>
<br>
Does anyone know of any work by Marxists on sexual<br>
violence (that's the general term the experts use to<br>
cover everything from rape to incest to harassment at<br>
work)?<br>
<br>
I have been helping someone employed by a sexual<br>
health group do some research and formulate some<br>
viewpoints on this issue. For me, it is essential to<br>
take a broad and materialist view of this issue - to<br>
transcend the narrow empiricism - the uncontextualised<br>
statistics and reproduction of faddish homilies -<br>
which compromise much of the work I have seen.<br>
<br>
The leap from analyses of the likes of unpaid domestic<br>
labour and women's role in the reserve army of labour<br>
to explanations of actual sexual violence is a great<br>
one. I have been trying (proabaly ineptly) to make it<br>
by focusing on ideology - that is, on the ideological<br>
reproduction of women's economic place in capitalism<br>
via the operation of empiricism/commodity fetishism. I<br>
figure that the presence of sexist ideology - which,<br>
of course, comes in many forms, from Baptism to<br>
political correctness to ostensibly liberatory guides<br>
to being a 'superwoman' - is a necessary condition for<br>
acts of sexual violence, and that credible claims can<br>
thus be made about a 'material base' for sexual<br>
violence in capitalist society.<br>
<br>
If the base often makes itself felt indirectly,<br>
through the agency of ideology, it may also make<br>
itself felt directly, by ensuring an environment that<br>
encourages such violence (the 'privacy' of the<br>
family-as-economic-unit and the economic dependence of<br>
many women on men are cases in point here).<br>
<br>
Does anyone have any thoughts, references?<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
Scott<br>
<br>
=====<br>
"Revolution is not like cricket, not even one day
cricket"<br>
<br>
__________________________________________________<br>
Do You Yahoo!?<br>
Everything you'll ever need on one web page<br>
from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts<br>
http://uk.my.yahoo.com<br>
<br>
<br>
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