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Silvia Federici

Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation

Silvia FedericiNonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

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Essay Topics

1.

How did “primitive accumulation” impact the lives of proletarian women?

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Why were most of the people accused of witchcraft, in Europe and the Americas, women? Use examples from the book in support of your response.

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What was the “anti-feudal struggle,” according to Silvia Federici, and why did it fail? 

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