Emilia L. Wilson

University of St Andrews
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    The Dual Erasure of Domestic Epistemic Labour
    Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 121 (1): 111-125. 2021.
    There is growing interest in a category of domestic labour frequently termed ‘emotional labour’. I argue that this labour is, in fact, primarily a form of epistemic labour. I argue that domestic epistemic labour is the target of dual erasure. Firstly, as invisible domestic labour, it is underrecognized and undervalued. Secondly, it is not recognized as epistemic, due to women’s epistemic oppression. ‘Emotional labour’, as a catch-all for feminized labour, perpetuates the dominant ideological con…Read more