Life's Work is a study of the shifting spaces and material practices of social reproduction in the global era. The volume blurs the heavily drawn boundaries between production and reproduction, showing through case studies of migration, education and domesticity how the practices of everyday life challenge these categorical distinctions.

• New and innovative study of the shifting spaces and material practices of social reproduction in the global era.


• Investigates changing conceptions of subjectivity, national identity and modernity.


• Focuses on both theoretical and practical issues.


• Includes case studies on migration, education and domesticity.