Pensare la storia del lavoro domestico. A che punto siamo? Spunti di riflessioni a partire da alcune recenti pubblicazioni

In the first part of the paper. the author points out some ambiguities in the use of the following concepts: value, work, gender, and domesticity. In doing this, she reflects on recent trends in the study of household service and labour history in general. In the second part, she focuses on the main transformations in the fields of labour and paid domestic labour history. In conclusion, the author emphasizes recent connections between these two fields, and she submits some suggestions to develop further research.