Maria Mies, 1931-2023: Fighting housewifisation and reclaiming our planet

Alessandra Mezzadri ~ RP 2.15 (Autumn 2023), pp. 111–114 ~ Obituary

When Maria Mies died, on 15 May 2023, I was re-reading her work on India, to reflect on its contemporary relevance for analyses of the world of work. I am profoundly saddened that the first way in which I will use my notes are to write this obituary. Yet, I am also profoundly honoured to […]

On the value of social reproduction: Informal labour, the majority world and the need for inclusive theories and politics

Dossier: Social reproduction theory

Alessandra Mezzadri ~ RP 2.04 (Spring 2019), pp. 33–41 ~ Article

Radical feminist analyses have always placed considerable emphasis on the crucial role played by social reproduction for the development of capitalism. Early social reproduction analyses – primarily premised on housework but also more broadly concerned with wagelessness – developed a robust critique of Marxian views that identified processes of value-generation only with the productive sphere, […]