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The Home. Its Work and Influence.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Description for The Home. Its Work and Influence.
Hardback. Reprint of 1903 edition of Gilman's classic indictment of domestic life, offering a program of domestic reform that inspired women at the beginning of what became a century-long struggle. Series: Classics in Gender Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 703.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Home is a scathing attack on the domesticity of women in the early 20th century. Her central argument, that "the economic independence and specialization of women is essential to the improvement of marriage, motherhood, domestic industry, and racial improvement" resonates in this work. Throughout, she maintains that the liberation of women—and of children and of men, for that matter—requires getting women out of the house, both practically and ideologically. AltaMira Press is proud to reprint this provocative work and introduce Charlotte Perkins Gilman to a new generation of students and feminist scholars.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Home is a scathing attack on the domesticity of women in the early 20th century. Her central argument, that "the economic independence and specialization of women is essential to the improvement of marriage, motherhood, domestic industry, and racial improvement" resonates in this work. Throughout, she maintains that the liberation of women—and of children and of men, for that matter—requires getting women out of the house, both practically and ideologically. AltaMira Press is proud to reprint this provocative work and introduce Charlotte Perkins Gilman to a new generation of students and feminist scholars.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Series
Classics in Gender Studies
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
California, United States
ISBN
9780759103054
SKU
V9780759103054
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About Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a prolific American writer and feminist theorist who wrote over two hundred short stories, including 'The Yellow Wallpaper' (1892), a stark account of a young mother's mental breakdown. Michael S. Kimmel is Professor of Sociology at State University of New York, Stony Brook.
Reviews for The Home. Its Work and Influence.
What makes this book different is its temporal context. . . . I became fascinated by the description of a woman's lifeworld within a 'typical' middle-class, American home of only 100 years ago. . . . The Home: Its Work and Influence can be considered a classic in gender studies.
Valerie Wright-St. Clair, Auckland University of technology
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