Beyond caring labour to provisioning workSheila M. Neysmith ... [and others. - Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2012. (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2012). - 1 online resource (xii, 207 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Chapter 1 An Introduction: Conceptialising the Work of WOmen in the 21st Century -- Chapter 2 Securing the Future by Positioning the Past in the Present -- Section A. Chapter 3 Provisioning Responsibilities of Women: Relationships Shape the Work -- Chapter 4 Collective Provisioning: Naming the Work of Vital Spaces -- Section B. Chapter 5 Producing Racial Knowledge in Community Programmes for 'At Risk' Young Women -- Chapter 6 Provisioning for Children in a Low Income Community -- Chapter 7 Revealing Older Women's Provisioning Responsibilities -- Chapter 8 Counting the Costs of Provisioning for Women Living on Low Incomes -- Section C. Chapter 9 Collective Spaces as Incubators of Citizenship -- Chapter 10 A Sharing of Life's Glories -- Appendix 1.

Beyond Caring Labour to Provisioning Work offers a powerful new framework for understanding women's work in a holistic sense, acknowledging both their responsibilities in supporting others as well as their employment duties.



9781442695726


Poor women--Canada.
Poor women--Employment--Canada.
Poor women--Social conditions.--Canada
Women in community development--Canada.
Informal sector (Economics)--Canada.


Electronic Books.

HD6099 / .B496 2012