social reproduction on the peripheries of global capitalism

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51359/2317-5427.2024.261859

Keywords:

social reproduction, peripherical social formations, informal labor, gender and racial division of labor

Abstract

This article aims to discuss how social reproduction – which is responsible for maintaining capitalism – is different when analyzed in light of center-periphery relations in global capitalism. While the “housewife” model would have been predominant in advanced capitalist countries, in peripheral regions reproductive labor is distinct from this type of domestic worker. This point seems to be evident today as reproductive work in capitalist peripheries is carried out as precarious and informal jobs, mostly performed by racialized women. Since capitalism is a system of accumulation that expands itself, that had its origins in colonial times, reproductive labor in peripheral countries is not only a manifestation of this capitalist tendency, but it also displays a gender division of labor that is simultaneously a racial one.

Author Biography

Mirian Monteiro Kussumi, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Possui graduação e mestrado em filosofia pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, doutorado em filosofia pela Puc-Rio. Atualmente, realiza uma pesquisa de pós-doutorado no departamento de filosofia da UFRJ, na linha de pesquisa Gênero, raça e colonialidade, integrando o laboratório “Filosofias do tempo do agora”.

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Published

2024-06-28