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Sheds light on the complex relationships between women employers and their household help in the early 20th century through their representations in literature, including women's magazines, conduct manuals, and particularly female-authored fiction.

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The first book to focus on domestic service and all its contradictions in early 20th century American fiction, Dirty Work brings to light an underappreciated element of female-authored realist and modernist texts, namely, that representations of middle-class femininity and domesticity depend upon modern tropes of domestic service . . . A terrific book—innovative, insightful, and accomplished."" - Cynthia J. Davis, University of South Carolina

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      Publisher: LUP - University of Michigan Press
      Publication Date: 4/9/2019 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780472131297, 978-0472131297
      ISBN10: 047213129X
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      Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Gender studies: women and girls

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Sheds light on the complex relationships between women employers and their household help in the early 20th century through their representations in literature, including women's magazines, conduct manuals, and particularly female-authored fiction.

      Trade Review
      The first book to focus on domestic service and all its contradictions in early 20th century American fiction, Dirty Work brings to light an underappreciated element of female-authored realist and modernist texts, namely, that representations of middle-class femininity and domesticity depend upon modern tropes of domestic service . . . A terrific book—innovative, insightful, and accomplished."" - Cynthia J. Davis, University of South Carolina

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