Beyond the Coronavirus: Understanding Crises of Social Reproduction

From a feminist political economy perspective, the unfolding of coronavirus is further reminder fundamental contradiction between capitalist system that prioritises profits, and ethic life-making or social reproduction. This article argues for more systematic understanding crises reproduction under capitalism, stressing difference such labour those capital. The crisis represents an extraordinary example capital, but this examines capital arise from ordinary workings capitalism. focus on in Global South, using case India to illustrate usefulness analysis. KEYWORDS: reproduction; gender; labour; economy;