Subject of Care

Eva Feder Kittay is professor of philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and the author, most recently, of Love's Labor: Essays on Women, Equality, and Dependence. Ellen K. Feder is assistant professor of philosophy at American University. The pair have also coedited a special issue of Hypatia on the family and feminist theory.

With rich, interdisciplinary essays by pioneers in the field as well as pathbreaking newcomers, The Subject of Care takes us through key political and philosophical debates and then out on the other side to envision new meanings for dependency and care. This book is essential reading for all those who perform the work of caring and receive care—in other words, for all of us.

• Chapter 1 PART 1. CONTESTING THE "INDEPENDENT MAN"Chapter 2 A Genealogy of Dependency: Tracing a Keyword of the U.S. Welfare StateChapter 3 Autonomy, Welfare Reform, and Meaningful WorkChapter 4 Dependency and Choice: The Two Faces of EveChapter 5 PART 2. LEGAL AND ECONOMIC RELATIONS IN THE FACE OF DEPENDENCYChapter 6 The Right to CareChapter 7 Subsidized Lives and the Ideology of EfficiencyChapter 8 Dependency Work, Women, and the Global EconomyChapter 9 PART 3. JUST SOCIAL ARRANGEMENTS AND FAMILIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEPENDENCYChapter 10 Justice and the Labor of CareChapter 11 The Future of Feminist LiberalismChapter 12 Masking Dependency: The Political Role of Family RhetoricChapter 13 PART 4. DEPENDENCY CARE IN CASES OF SPECIFIC VULNERABILITYChapter 14 The Decasualization of EldercareChapter 15 When Caring is Just and Justice is Caring: Justice and Mental RetardationChapter 16 Poverty, Race, and the Distortion of Dependency: The Case of Kinship CareChapter 17 "Doctor's Orders": Parents and Intersexed ChildrenChapter 18 SECTION 5. DEPENDENCY, SUBJECTIVITY, AND IDENTITYChapter 19 Subjectivity as Responsivity: The Ethical Implications of DependencyChapter 20 "Race" and the Labor of IdentityChapter 21 Dependence on Place, Dependence in Place