Srnicek Nick - After Work A History Of The Home And The Fight For Free Time - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: A timely manifesto for a feminist post - work politics Does it ever feel like you have no free time? You come home after work and instead of finding a space of rest and relaxation you re confronted by a pile of new tasks to complete cooking cleaning looking after the kids and so on. In this ground - breaking book Helen Hester and Nick Srnicek lay out how unpaid work in our homes has come to take up an ever - increasing portion of our lives how the vacuum of free time has been taken up by vacuuming. Examining the history of the home over the past century from running water to white goods to smart homes they show how repeated efforts to reduce the burden of this work have faced a variety of barriers challenges and reversals. Charting the trajectory of our domestic spaces over the past century Hester and Srnicek consider new possibilities for the future uncovering the abandoned ideas of anti - housework visionaries and sketching out a path towards real free time for all where everyone is at liberty to pursue their passions or do nothing at all. It will require rethinking our living arrangements our expectations and our cities.
Title: After Work A History Of The Home And The Fight For Free Time
Author(s): Srnicek Nick
Publisher: Verso Books
Barcode: 9781786633071
Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Date: 7/18/2023
Category: Social Welfare & Social Services