Lise Vogel

Lise Vogel revisits classical Marxian texts, tracking analyses of the woman question in socialist theory and drawing on central theoretical categories of Marx's Capital to open up an original theorisation of gender and the social production and reproduction of material life. Includes Vogel's article, Domestic Labor Revisited which extends and clarifies her main theoretical innovations.

Lise Vogel is a unique voice in feminist theory. This book collects her best essays, opening a window into the last half century of US socialist feminism. A trailblazer in the 1970s, Vogel planted the seeds for contemporary Social Reproduction Theory with her 'unitary theory' of exploitation and the oppression of women. Along with others, she challenged established views within...