Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Commodities?
Many things the girl is told to do helps commodify herself; the examples of this are endless. However, "use value" according to Marxism's definition, is not a commodity. Therefore, many of the things that she is told to do, such as what day to do certain colors of laundry, wouldn't be comsidered a commodity unless you were exchanging the service for another commodity or for money. Most of the things the girl is taught i would say fall more under "exchange value" or "sign exchange value". She is taught how to smile to people she likes and to people she doesn't like, hoping to appear proper adding social status to the girl. Learning how to smile definitely has "sign exchange value" because it helps raise your social class status. She is also taught to not be a slut, hoping to appear to a higher social class. Growing okra could be an example of an "exchange value" commodity because okra could be traded for other goods or sold for money.
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