42 pages 1 hour read

Silvia Federici

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

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

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Essay Topics

1.

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

2.

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.

3.

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