Black Women in the United States and Unpaid Collective Work: Theorizing the Community as a Site of Production

• Published in: The Review of Black political economy Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 343 - 362
• Main Author: Banks, Nina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.12.2020; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Activism; African Americans; Black people; Black women; Community; Economic theory; Ethnic differences; Ethnic groups; Feminism; Households; Intersectionality; Oppression; Production; Race; Racial differences; Racial inequality; Unpaid; Welfare; Women; Work; unpaid work; community work; African American women

This analysis discusses the lived experiences of Black American women as the basis for a new theoretical framework for understanding women’s unpaid work. Feminist economists have called attention to the invisibility of women’s unpaid work within the private household but have not adequately consider...