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001			on1389608025
003			OCoLC
005			20240321142207.0
008			230615s2024 nyu b 000 0 eng
010			_a 2023020942
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dOCLCO _dOCLCF _dCGL _dNFG
020			_a9781538722886 _q(hardcover)
020			_a1538722887
035			_a(OCoLC)1389608025
042			_apcc
092			_a331.4 _bD262
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aDavis, Lisa, _d1972- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aHousewife : _bwhy women still do it all and what to do instead / _cLisa Selin Davis.
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a2403
264		1	_aNew York : _bLegacy Lit, _c2024.
300			_axx, 297 pages : _billustrations ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aPart I -- Introduction: happy wide, happy life -- The history of "housewife" -- The neolithic housewife -- Independent housewives -- Militant housewife -- The making of the American housewife -- Medicating the housewife -- From housewife to women's libber -- The dawn of supermom -- Part II -- The displaced housewife, or: married, pregnant, independent, fucked -- All work and no pay: why the First Lady has no salary -- Let's get divorced! And other paths to egalitarian marriage -- It takes two to tradwife -- The devalues housewife, the dismissed house husband -- The declaration of independence -- Conclusion: it's up to the women -- but it shouldn't have to be.
520			_a"The notion of "housewife" evokes strong reactions. For some, it's nostalgia for a bygone era, simpler and better times when men were breadwinners and women remained home with the kids. For others, it's a sexist, oppressive stereotype of women's work. Either way, housewife is a long outdated concept-or is it? Lisa Selin Davis, known for her smart, viral, feminist, cultural takes, argues that the "breadwinner vs. homemaker" divide is a myth. She charts examples from prehistoric female hunters to working class housewives in the 1930s, from First Ladies to 21st century stay-at-home moms, on a search for answers to the problems of what is referred to as women's work and motherhood. Davis discovers that women have been sold a lie about what families should be. Housewife unveils a truth: interdependence, rather than independence, is the American way. The book is a clarion call for all women-married or single, mothers or childless-and for men, too, to push for liberation. In Housewife, Davis builds a case for systemic, cultural, and personal change, to encourage women to have the power to choose the best path for themselves"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aWomen _xEmployment _xHistory.
650		0	_aHousewives. _9140693
650		0	_aWomen _xSocial conditions. _968317
994			_aC0 _bNFG
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