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Home truths : gender, domestic objects and everyday life
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ISBN: 1859736912 1859736866 Year: 2004 Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Berg,


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The sociology of housework
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ISBN: 9781447346166 9781447349488 9781447349426 9781447349419 144734944X 1447349431 1447349423 1447346165 1447349415 1447349482 1447349458 1447349466 1447349407 1447349490 1447349474 Year: 2018 Publisher: Bristol Policy Press

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In this ground-breaking book, acclaimed sociologist Ann Oakley undertook one of the first serious sociological studies to examine women’s work in the home. She interviewed 40 urban housewives and analysed their perceptions of housework, their feelings of monotony and fragmentation, the length of their working week, the importance of standards and routines, and their attitudes to different household tasks. Most women, irrespective of social class, were dissatisfied with housework – an important finding which contrasted with prevailing views. Importantly, too, she showed how the neglect of research on domestic work was linked to the inbuilt sexism of sociology. This classic book challenged the hitherto neglect of housework as a topic worthy of study and paved the way for the sociological study of many more aspects of women’s lives.


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Domestiques et servantes : des vies sous condition : essai sur le travail domestique en Belgique au 19e siècle
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ISSN: 03787893 ISBN: 2803101742 9782803101740 Year: 2000 Volume: 23 Publisher: Bruxelles : Académie royale de Belgique = Koninklijke Academie van België,

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