Gender and Precarity in Contemporary Italy: Labor, Value, Social Reproduction

Authors

  • Laura Fantone University of California, Berkeley

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22024/UniKent/03/fal.75

Keywords:

labour, labor, gender, social reproduction, precarity, Italian feminism

Abstract

This lecture examines the emergence of the discourse and movement concerning precarity, one of the newest movements shaping politics in Europe. It argues that precarity is a constitutive aspects of life and identity, not just a type of contract. It is an essential condition which differs according to gender and is shared especially among young women, migrants and poor people.

Author Biography

Laura Fantone, University of California, Berkeley

Lecturer, Department of Gender and Women's Studies, University of California, Berkeley.

How to Cite

Fantone, L. (2013). Gender and Precarity in Contemporary Italy: Labor, Value, Social Reproduction. Feminists@law, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.22024/UniKent/03/fal.75

Issue

Section

Labour, Value and Precarity in the Age of Austerity