الرواق

Domestic Labour And Social Reproduction: From Marx To Marxist Feminists

Auteurs : Hamal Khatou .

Résumé

Domestic labour is central to social reproduction, yet it remains largely invisible in economic statistics and public policy because it lies outside the market definition of work. Marxist and materialist feminist approaches (Delphy, Federici, Vogel, and Dalla Costa) show that capitalism depends on this unpaid reproductive labour, performed mainly by women. In Algeria, the gendered division of labour remains strong despite social change, and women continue to carry most domestic and care work. This article examines domestic labour as a key element of economic functioning and the reproduction of gender relations, arguing that it contributes to labour power reproduction and capital accumulation.

Mots clés

Domestic labour ; Social reproduction ; Marxist feminism ; Capital accumulation ; Algeria