The Home
its Work and Influence
1st Edition
Published on 31. July 2002
368 pages
978-0-7591-1659-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
CA
United States
ISBN-13
978-0-7591-1659-7 (9780759116597)
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Persons
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.
Content
Part 1 Introduction to this Edition
Part 2 I: Introductory
Part 3 II: The Evolution of the Home
Part 4 III: Domestic Mythology
Part 5 IV: Present Conditions
Part 6 V: The Home as a Workshop I: The Housewife
Part 7 VI: The Home as a Workshop II: The Housemaid
Part 8 VII: Home-Cooking
Part 9 VIII: Domestic Art
Part 10 IX: Domestic Ethics
Part 11 X: Domestic Entertainment
Part 12 XI: The Lady of the House
Part 13 XII: The Child at Home
Part 14 XIII: The Girl at Home
Part 15 XIV: Home Influence on Men
Part 16 XV: Home and Social Progress
Part 17 XVI: Lines of Advance
Part 18 XVII: Results
Part 2 I: Introductory
Part 3 II: The Evolution of the Home
Part 4 III: Domestic Mythology
Part 5 IV: Present Conditions
Part 6 V: The Home as a Workshop I: The Housewife
Part 7 VI: The Home as a Workshop II: The Housemaid
Part 8 VII: Home-Cooking
Part 9 VIII: Domestic Art
Part 10 IX: Domestic Ethics
Part 11 X: Domestic Entertainment
Part 12 XI: The Lady of the House
Part 13 XII: The Child at Home
Part 14 XIII: The Girl at Home
Part 15 XIV: Home Influence on Men
Part 16 XV: Home and Social Progress
Part 17 XVI: Lines of Advance
Part 18 XVII: Results
