Browsing College of Human Sciences by Subject "Love labour"

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Affective equality : who cares?

Lynch, Kathleen (Palgrave McMillan, 2009-09)

Human beings are not just economic actors, devoid of relationality; rather, they are interdependent and dependent with a deep capacity for moral feeling and attaching. The presumption that people are mere units of labour, ...
Invisible Farmers: the Role of Irish Women in the National Farmers’ Association, Farmers’ Rights Campaign of the 1960s.

Gibbons, Mary (University College Dublin. School of Social Justice. Women's Studies, 2012-09)

This article examines the role of Irish farmwomen during the National Farmers’ Association, Farmers’ Rights Campaign, which took place in 1966-67. It shows the “invisible” role that these women played during this campaign. ...
Love labour as a distinct and non-commodifiable form of care labour

Lynch, Kathleen (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007-08)

This paper examines the nature of love labouring and explores how it can be distinguished from other forms of care work. It provides a three fold taxonomy for analysing other-centred work, distinguishing between work ...