{"product_id":"the-return-of-the-housewife-why-women-are-still-cleaning-up-9781526170972","title":"The Return of the Housewife: Why Women Are Still Cleaning Up","description":"\u003cp\u003eA CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2025 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn illuminating look at the world of cleanfluencers that asks why the burden of housework still falls on women. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Housework is good for you. Housework sparks joy. Housework is beautiful. Housework is glamorous. Housework is key to a happy family. Housework shows that you care. Housework is women's work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Social media is flooded with images of the perfect housewife. TikTok and Instagram 'cleanfluencers' produce endless photos and videos of women cleaning, tidying and putting things right. Figures such as Marie Kondo and Mrs Hinch have placed housework, with its promise of a life of love and contentment, at the centre of self-care and positive thinking. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And yet housework remains one of the world's most unequal institutions. Women, especially poorer women and women of colour, do most low-paid and unpaid domestic labour. In The return of the housewife, Emma Casey asks why these inequalities matter and why they persist after a century of dramatic advances in women's rights. She offers a powerful call to challenge the prevailing myths around housework and the 'naturally competent' woman homemaker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emma Casey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526170972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmma Casey is a Reader in Sociology at the University of York and author of the book \u003ci\u003eWomen, Pleasure and the Gambling Experience.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Emma Casey \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47474402427037,"sku":"9781526170972","price":47.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_3e65440d-0c62-44e0-9699-fd1f1ea81781.jpg?v=1765398454","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-return-of-the-housewife-why-women-are-still-cleaning-up-9781526170972","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}