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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Patton, Elizabeth, 1975- editor.

Choi, Mimi, 1963- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homemakers.

Housekeeping.

Second-wave feminism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland ; Plymouth, England : Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4422-2970-5

OCLC:

871223548