After work : a history of the home and the fight for free time /
This is a book primarily about housework and childcare, its omission from most conversations about the future of work and in particular in discussions about a 'post-work' future. It encompasses a history of the evolution of work within the home, of cultural standards around cleanliness, hy...
| Main Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; Brooklyn, New York :
Verso,
[2023].
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| Summary: | This is a book primarily about housework and childcare, its omission from most conversations about the future of work and in particular in discussions about a 'post-work' future. It encompasses a history of the evolution of work within the home, of cultural standards around cleanliness, hygiene and parenting and of single-family dwellings and their various short-lived utopian alternatives. It draws from both the actual history of work within the home and from the abandoned ideas of anti-housework visionaries of the twentieth century to sketch out a path towards real freedom and free time for the future. |
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| Physical Description: | 282 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781786633071 1786633078 |