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Jenny, Eleanor, and Laura, et al.By: Valerie Lefebvre-Faucher

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Product Code: 9781771136716

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Weight .180 kg
Dimensions 11.6 × .5 × 18 cm

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This is not a book about Karl Marx. Rather it is an investigation of the women in his life.  Valerie Lefebvre-Faucher follows a labyrinth  of historical letters, traces the branches on an intellectual family tree, and untangles a web of correspondence to reveal forgotten connections and to map out the negative spaces in the literature. What emerges is not the familiar portrait of Karl alone in his frame but a group photo of the whole Marx gang. Upturning the picture we have of the early days of modern communism, Jenny, Eleanor, and Laura et al. calls on us to acknowledge that humans think and create together, not alone. "Lefebvre-Faucher reminds us that writing is a communal art and that Karl Marx was surrounded by women who were far more than muses or maidservants. Poetic, compelling and lively, this slim volume makes visible the names and faces of those at the dinner party"  Lesley Wood, professor, Department of Sociology, York University; dancefloor enthusiast "This fascinating story reminds us of the women that patriarchal history tries to ignore and restores them to their rightful places as movement leaders, editors and intellectuals." Nora Loreto, freelance writer and activist

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