Domestic cultures / Joanne Hollows.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hollows, Joanne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture.

Home.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Brings together key research and debates on the question of domesticity and shows how understandings of domestic cultures have been theorized in media and cultural studies and wider academic and social contexts. This book addresses the feminist and left critiques that argue that domesticity is conservative and oppressive.

Contents:

Front Cover; Half-title; Series Editor Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Content Page; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Histories of domestic culture: gender and domestic modernity; Chapter 3: Home-centredness: Suburbia, privatization and class; Chapter 4: Home-work: feminisms, domesticity and domestic labour; Chapter 5: Home-making: domestic consumption and material culture; Chapter 6: The media in domestic cultures; Chapter 7: Dislocating public and private; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-281-44973-3

9786611449735

0-335-23481-X

OCLC:

245263057