A gendered ethnography of elites: women, inequality, and social reproduction

Glucksberg, Luna (2018) A gendered ethnography of elites: women, inequality, and social reproduction. Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology, 81 (2018). pp. 16-28. ISSN 0920-1297

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Abstract

This article offers a critical ethnography of the reproduction of elites and inequalities through the lenses of class and gender. The successful transfer of wealth from one generation to the next is increasingly a central concern for the very wealthy. This article shows how the labor of women from elite and non-elite backgrounds enables and facilitates the accumulation of wealth by elite men. From covering “the home front” to investing heavily in their children’s future, and engaging non-elite women’s labor to help them, the elite women featured here reproduced not just their families, but their families as elites. Meanwhile, the affective and emotional labor of non-elite women is essential for maintaining the position of wealth elites while also locking those same women into the increasing inequality they help to reproduce.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/foc...
Additional Information:	© 2018 Stichting Focaal and Berghahn Books
Divisions:	International Inequalities Institute
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Date Deposited:	02 Aug 2018 15:09
Last Modified:	05 Oct 2024 21:24
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/89700

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