Domestic cultures in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Britain

Abstract

Introduction -- Unit Outline. Week 1 Introduction: Why Study Domestic Culture? ; Week 2 Gender, Class, and the Separation of Spheres ; Week 3 Working-class Domestic Life in the Nineteenth Century ; Week 4 The Garden and the Suburb ; Week 5 Gender, Class, and the Politics of Suburban Domesticity ; Week 6 Domestic Space as Workplace 1: Domestic Service and Domestic Labour ; Week 7 Domestic Space as Workplace 2: Housewives and Homemaking ; Week 8 Domestic Consumption ; Week 9 Representing Class and Domestic Culture ; Week 10 Feminism, Femininity, and Domestic Culture -- Assessment Options -- Further Reading -- Enrichment Materials.