TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Frederick Engels, social reproduction, and the problem of a unitary theory of women's oppression
JO  - Social theory and practice
A1  - Blackledge, Paul
SP  - 297
EP  - 321
VL  - 44
IS  - 3
N2  - In this paper I argue that Frederick Engels's The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State remains a fundamental resource for anyone wanting to understand the oppression of women as a capitalist form. By re-examining the strengths and weaknesses of Engels's historicisation of women's oppression through the lens of the debates opened by second wave feminism, I argue that, once properly understood, we can overcome the limitations of Engels's book to point to the kind of unitary theory of women's oppression essential to a strategy adequate to the needs of the struggle for women's liberation.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0037-802X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/soctheorpract20186439
ID  - ref1
ER  -