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Homeward Bound: Why Women Are Embracing The New Domesticity (2013)

by Emily Matchar(Favorite Author)

3.46 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

145166544X (ISBN13: 9781451665444)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

Simon & Schuster

review 1: Really interesting read on a cultural trend I participate in without even having realized it. One of the more poignant quotes: "All this [new domesticity] puts us in the weird and somewhat uncomfortable position of having privileged people proudly 'reclaiming' the work that poor people have long done out of necessity." The book gets a bit repetitive but I found it to be a thorough analysis, raising many of the same questions I have about how this trend fits in with feminism.
review 2: This book aggravated me. Like it made me cantankerous! So I grew up with grandparents and they taught me how to knit and garden. And my parents taught me how to bake and cook from scratch. My mother is a seamstress. My entire family has hands on hobbies like making jewelry and l... moreeather working. My dad was home brewing in the 90's! Domesticity has been woven into my lifestyle forever. But I was curious about the popularity of it in my generation. This book spoke to that... The "natural" arguments and rejection of conventional medicine and schooling made me crazy. Perhaps too much to struggle with considering my profession and long time plans to not be a mother. less

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