This essay takes up the project of engendering capitalism by turning to the household. It situates a gendered analysis of capitalism within recent histories of capitalism, feminist analyses of social reproduction, histories of family and industrialism, histories of sexuality, and histories of women's labor. It argues that to analyze capitalism from a household perspective clarifies three core elements of capitalist political economy. First, capitalism depended on reproductive and productive labor inside the household, from early industrialization through its most recent incarnations. Second, reproductive labor, historically anchored in the household, has served as a crucial site for development of capitalist labor relations. Third, that intensified commodification of reproductive labor has driven capitalist accumulation as well as capitalist social relations, whether that labor occurs within the household or is located beyond it.

本文通过转向家庭来展开资本主义的研究。它将资本主义的性别分析置于最近的资本主义历史、女权主义对社会再生产的分析、家庭和工业主义的历史、性的历史以及妇女劳动的历史中。文章认为，从家庭角度分析资本主义可以明确资本主义政治经济学的三个核心要素。首先，从早期工业化到最近的化身，资本主义都依赖于家庭内部的再生产和生产劳动。其次，历史上以家庭为基础的再生产劳动一直是资本主义劳动关系发展的重要场所。第三，再生产劳动的强化商品化推动了资本主义积累以及资本主义社会关系，无论这种劳动发生在家庭内部还是家庭之外。