Who Does No Work, Shall Not Eat

[Kelley]

At 08:24 AM 1/27/02 -0800, Michael Perelman wrote:
>Housework was only unproductive, for Marx, because it did not produce
>surplus value -- that is, a very narrow interpretation of productive
>within the context of capitalist values -- it did not denigrate housework.
>
>For example, the production of destructive goods would be productive.
>  --

could you elaborate what it means to say that it doesn't produce surplus 
value? i've not visited these debates in quite some time-- more than a 
decade ago. i do, though, recall reading a number of feminist critiques of 
marx/engels and marxists feminists' claims about housework as unproductive 
labor.

thanks,

kelley