Subsistence Labor

Subsistence Labor is a form of reproductive labor that constitutes the unpaid, predominantly female-performed work required to sustain daily and intergenerational human survival, such as food production, childcare, and household maintenance, distinguished within materialist feminism by its systematic undervaluation and exclusion from capitalist modes of recognition and remuneration.

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Publications

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Citations

321

Authors

150

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

21

Variants

Reproductive Labor

Authors

321

  1. DM
    David McKenzie

    World Bank Group, United States

    4 publications · 568 citations

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  2. CW
    Christopher Woodruff

    University of California San Diego, United States

    3 publications · 364 citations

    3

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  3. SD
    Suresh de Mel

    University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

    2 publications · 341 citations

    2

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  4. KK
    Koichi Kitanishi

    Kyoto University, Japan

    2 publications · 89 citations

    2

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  5. CM
    Colin Murray

    Newcastle University, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 62 citations

    2

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Venues

  1. American Anthropologist

    8 publications · 1.4K citations

    8

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  2. Kyoto University Research Information Repository (Kyoto University)

    Repository · 6 publications · 154 citations

    6

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 6 publications · 759 citations

    6

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  4. American Ethnologist

    AE · 4 publications · 115 citations

    4

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  5. Ethnology

    3 publications · 269 citations

    3

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