Social Reproduction of Waste : Processes of Discard, Labor, and Inequalities
Raphael, Riya LU
and Porras Bulla, Julián
(2026)
In Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society
33(2).
p.435-435
- Abstract
- Feminist social reproduction theories and approaches capture multiple scales of analysis, from everyday care work within households to the reproductive aspects of welfare systems such as health and education. Feminist thinkers draw our attention to the gendered, racialized, and classed intersections embedded within production processes, by analyzing the ecological, biological, and social dimensions of reproduction. Recent critical interventions into “pluralizing” social reproduction approaches indicate that significant domains of our socioeconomic and cultural lives remain undertheorized within feminist discussions. This article explores waste as a key site of social reproductive labor, which remains marginal within feminist scholarship.... (More)
- Feminist social reproduction theories and approaches capture multiple scales of analysis, from everyday care work within households to the reproductive aspects of welfare systems such as health and education. Feminist thinkers draw our attention to the gendered, racialized, and classed intersections embedded within production processes, by analyzing the ecological, biological, and social dimensions of reproduction. Recent critical interventions into “pluralizing” social reproduction approaches indicate that significant domains of our socioeconomic and cultural lives remain undertheorized within feminist discussions. This article explores waste as a key site of social reproductive labor, which remains marginal within feminist scholarship. Waste as an analytical point of departure showcases the tension between capitalism and the environment, and harbors toxic and stigmatized workspaces. This paper combines Marxist feminist perspectives with discard studies to theorize how waste work is fundamental to the biological and the socioeconomic reproduction of the society. (Less)
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- Raphael, Riya
LU
and Porras Bulla, Julián
- organization
- publishing date
- 2026-08-12
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
- subject
- keywords
- social reproduction, Marxist Feminism, waste workers, discard studies, intersectionality
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- Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society
- volume
- 33
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 456 pages
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- Oxford University Press
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- scopus:105047048844
- ISSN
- 1072-4745
- DOI
- 10.1093/sp/jxaf068
- project
- Valuing waste and value of waste: Contestations and collaborations between waste pickers and producers
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- English
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