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UNINA9910464686903321 |
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Titolo |
Home sweat home : perspectives on housework and modern relationships / / edited by Elizabeth Patton, Mimi Choi |
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Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (286 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Homemakers |
Housekeeping |
Second-wave feminism |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Hung Out to Dry; 2 Snapshot Photography, Women's Domestic Work, and the "Kodak Moment," 1910s-1960s; 3 From Chimney Sweeps to House-Elves; 4 Appliance Reliance; 5 Making Easier the Lives of Our Housewives; 6 Supernatural Housework; 7 Every Day Should Be Like Sunny Weather; 8 Spaces of Masculinity and Work; 9 Kuaering "Home" in Ang Lee's The Wedding Banquet; 10 Good Luck Raising the Modern Family; 11 No Longer Whistling While You Work?; 12 I Couldn't Do It Without Her; Suggested Reading; Index; About the Editors and Contributors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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<span><span>Coeditors Elizabeth Patton and Mimi Choi argue that an in-depth examination of media images of housework from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century is long overdue. Modern depictions often imply that certain concerns can be resolved through excessive domesticity, reflecting some of the complicated and unfinished issues of second-wave feminism. </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Home Sweat Home: Perspectives on Housework and Modern Relationships</span><span> reveals how widespread the |
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