The intimate relationships of contemporary life — household, marriage, family — have rarely been examined in terms of the class processes (in surplus labor terms) that they include. This essay explores the class processes that shape household relationships today. It examines the interactions between class and non-class processes — especially the gender processes that likewise constitute those intimate relationships. A major goal is to specify how the interactions of class and non-class processes contribute to the contemporary “crisis” of the family. A second goal is to consider what combination of class and non-class transformations might resolve that crisis.
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