Joyce Nielson

Work: activity or labor that has some recognizable or measurable social value
Use-value work: work that prod good and services for immediate consumption for ones family/clan
Exchange value: prod goods or services that can be sold/traded
All work has use-value insofar as all prod/services are used by someone but some work has exchange-
value as well
Products made to sell/trade have more reward potential return in money, goods or prestige than
products made for immediate use, thus exchange-value > use-value
Distinction btwn the two dep on social relationships in which the work is done
Unpaid use value work is not officially recorded or even always socially recognized
Exchange btwn the traditional male breadwinner and female housewife is more ideological/normative
than real
Maintenance work: domestic activities such as cleaning/repairing that has no identifiable product
Brings no concrete, tangible reward
Reproductive work: reproduction in its maintenance sense; reproduces, or maintains, people on a
daily basis