Biting the Dust

Joys of Housework

Margaret Horsfield (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

304 Seiten

1998 | New edition
Fourth Estate Ltd (Verlag)
9781857026757 (ISBN)

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An examination of women's obsession with cleaning and cleanliness. The book explores the social, historical and psychological aspects of housework, and features three categories of women (and men): people interviewed by the author, historical figures, and characters from novels and advertising.

This is an examination of women's obsession with cleaning and cleanliness, such as those who clean their skirting boards with Q-tips or vacuum-clean the lampshades, and a mother who, upon her son's suicide, shed not a tear but scoured the kitchen floor with steel wool three nights running. The book explores the social, historical and psychological aspects of housework, and features three categories of women (and men): people interviewed by the author, historical figures, and characters from novels and advertising.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.8.1998
Zusatzinfo	8 illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 197 mm
Gewicht	260 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-13	9781857026757 / 9781857026757
Zustand	Neuware