The Home Work That Can Never Get Done: Locating Home Based Work in the Global Capital Circuit

Abstract

The paper attempts to locate home based work within the larger spectrum of capitalist accumulation. The capitalist mode of production necessitates stringent and perpetual control over the female population. In that context, by focusing on female home based workers, the paper reasons how historically the four walls of the house have fenced women within them. Further there are manifold ways in which this home work exploits the labour. These include the poor remuneration and unbearable work hours. In addition, the multiple layers of alienation experienced by the workers are also touched upon. The intent remains to draw attention to the deplorable conditions of home based work and how it forms a key nodal point in capitalism of the present day.