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Labour of Love : Beyond the Self-Evidence of Everyday Life / edited by Tordis Borchgrevink, ystein Gullvag Holter, the Work Research Institute, Oslo.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex role--Norway.
- Sex role.
- Sexual division of labor--Norway.
- Sexual division of labor.
- Work and family--Norway.
- Work and family.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (160 ages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Taylor and Francis, 2017.
- Summary:
- "Amazed at the stubborn nature of the sexual division of labour in modern society, five Norwegian researchers set out to explore the sources of this pervasive resistance to change. Moving from the neutral concepts of work and money, the lofty notions of love and family and the triviality of domestic organization, social science is made to yield some surprising insights into hidden, secret and perhaps even sacred structures of everyday life. A provocative claim in these p. is that the practical arrangement in the family is informed by the erotic properties of work and semi-religious notions of poverty and dirt - and is sustained by both sexes. This anthology reveals some perplexing aspects of contemporary self-understanding and rediscovers sexual meaning as a pillar of modern culture. The book is an invitation to reconsider the conditions for gender equality and to explore further the cultural tangle behind this persistent tolerance for injustice within European thinking."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- chapter Introduction
- Tordis Borchgrevink and 0ystein Gullvag Holter
- chapter The Semantics o f Love
- Tian S0rhaug
- chapter Shelter from the Storm
- Jo run Solheim
- chapter Money, Gifts and Gender
- Hanne Heen
- chapter Family Theory Reconsidered
- 0ystein Gullvag Holter
- chapter The Fearful Empty Space
- Tordis Borchgrevink
- chapter Contributors.
- Notes:
- First published 1995 by Ashgate Publishing.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-351-92369-2
- 1-351-92368-4
- 1-315-25098-5
- 9781315250984
- OCLC:
- 993648726
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