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Domestic and care work in Modern France : gender, family and the state / Jan Windebank.

9783031335648 (electronic bk.)
3031335643 (electronic bk.)
3031335635
9783031335631

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.

English

1 online resource (279 pages)

10.1007/978-3-031-33564-8 doi

HD6060.65.F8

306.3/60944

This book explores the organization and divisions of labour of domestic and care work in modern France and in so doing, reveals some of the drivers of and obstacles to change in the relationship between gender, the family, and the French state. The book finds that both the policies and social norms that structure how domestic and care work is carried out and by whom in contemporary France have been influenced by historical legacies dating back to the Revolution such as French Republicanism and pronatalism, and more recent political currents such as the self-management movement and materialist feminism. Chapter 1 sets out the analytical framework for the book, while Chapter 2 explores the historical legacies that help shape contemporary domestic and care work in France. Chapters 3, 4, and 5 focus on the specific activities of parental and childcare work, long-term care for adults, and domestic work in the contemporary period. Chapter 6 discusses the effects of the COVID-19 restrictions on domestic and care work, and Chapter 7 concludes the discussion. Jan Windebank is Professor of French and European Societies at the University of Sheffield, UK.

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French politics, society, and culture series.

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