1. Self, Gender, Society From Feminism to Marxism: Some Connections

2. Marxism Feminism Text book: p. 186 Reading and writing as material practices. Women engaged in unequal relations of production at work or at home. e.g. Housewife as a unpaid laborer.

3. Feminism and Marxism Similar Concerns: 1. The political aspects in Text and Daily Life. (political—power relations) 2. The influences dominant power (class/gender) has on cultural texts or one’s identity. 3. Textual Duality -- The “political” unconscious or conscious ways of resistance.

4. Feminism and Marxism Different Concerns: Gender/Woman and Class