Home sweat home : perspectives on housework and modern relationships / / edited by Elizabeth Patton, Mimi Choi

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Disciplina: 640.92
• Soggetto topico: Homemakers; Housekeeping; Second-wave feminism
• Persona (resp. second.): PattonElizabeth <1975->; ChoiMimi <1963->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: <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 cultural image of "perfect" housewives and the invisibility of househ
• Titolo autorizzato: Home sweat home
• ISBN: 1-4422-2970-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807353603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II