CLOSE TO HOME: MATERIALIST ANALYSIS OF

Close to Home is the classic study of family, patriarchal ideologies, and the po
litics and strategy of women's liberation. On the table in this forceful and pro
vocative debate are questions of whether men can be feminists, whether "bourgeoi
s" and heterosexual women are retrogressive members of the women's movement, and
how best to struggle against the multiple oppressions women endure. Rachel Hill
s's foreword to this new edition explores how Christine Delphy's analysis of mar
riage as the institution behind the exploitation of unpaid women's labor is as r
adical and relevant today as it ever was.