Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-245) and index.
Contents:
Hung out to dry : laundry advertising and the American woman, 1890-1920 / by Kristi Branham -- Snapshot photography, women's domestic work and the 'Kodak moment' 1910s-60s / by Nicola Goc -- From chimney sweeps to house elves : housework, subject formation, agency, and British children's fantasy literature 1863-2007 / by Hannah Swamidoss -- Appliance reliance : domestic technologies and the depersonalization of housework in postwar American speculative fiction / by Andrea Krafft -- Making easier the lives of our housewives : visions of domestic technology in the kitchen debate / by Nicole Williams Barnes -- Supernatural housework : magic and domesticity in 1960s television / by Kristi Rowan Humphreys -- Every day should be like sunny weather : Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon Channel Carol Channing to resolve the politics of housework for a new generation of parents / by Mimi Choi -- Spaces of masculinity and work : bringing men back into the domestic sphere / by Elizabeth Patton -- Kauering Home in Ang Lee's The wedding banquet / by Gust A. Yep and Ryan Lescure -- Good luck raising the modern family : analyzing portrayals of sexual division of labor and socioeconomic class on family sitcoms / by Nancy E. Bressler -- No longer whistling while you work? Reanimating the cult of domesticity in the incredibles / by Christopher Holliday -- I couldn't do it without her : big love, sister wives, and housework / by Rita M. Jones.
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