{"product_id":"after-work-a-history-of-the-home-and-the-fight-for-free-time-hardcover","title":"After Work: A History of the Home and the Fight for Free Time - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHelen Hester\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNick Srnicek\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA timely manifesto for a feminist post-work politics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDoes 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharting 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Hester\u003c\/b\u003e is Head of Film and Media at the University of West London. Her research interests include technofeminism, sexuality studies, and theories of social reproduction, and she is a member of the international feminist collective Laboria Cuboniks. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eBeyond Explicit: Pornography and the Displacement of Sex\u003c\/i\u003e, the co-editor of the collections \u003ci\u003eFat Sex: New Directions in Theory and Activism\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDea ex Machina\u003c\/i\u003e, and series editor for Ashgate's 'Sexualities in Society' book series. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Srnicek \u003c\/b\u003eis a Lecturer at City University, author of \u003ci\u003ePlatform Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e, co-author of \u003ci\u003eInventing the Future\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Speculative Turn: Continental Materialism and Realism\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.5 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 18, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770119848224,"sku":"9781786633071","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f0044669fa1efd6379010514c6b3cb41.webp?v=1780364889","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/after-work-a-history-of-the-home-and-the-fight-for-free-time-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}