{"product_id":"knowing-their-place-domestic-service-in-twentieth-century-britain-paperback-2","title":"Knowing Their Place: Domestic Service in Twentieth-Century Britain - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLucy Delap\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorians have traditionally seen domestic service as an obsolete or redundant sector from the middle of the twentieth century. \u003cem\u003eKnowing Their Place\u003c\/em\u003e challenges this by linking the early twentieth century employment of maids and cooks to later practices of employing au pairs, mothers' helps, and cleaners. Lucy Delap tells the story of lives and labour within twentieth century British homes, from great houses to suburbs and slums, and charts the interactions of servants and employers along with the intense controversies and emotions they inspired. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eKnowing Their Place\u003c\/em\u003e examines the employment of men and migrant workers, as well as the role of laughter and erotic desire in shaping domestic service. The memory of domestic service and the role of the past in shaping and mediating the present is examined through heritage and televisual sources, from \u003cem\u003eUpstairs, Downstairs\u003c\/em\u003e to\u003cem\u003eThe 1900 House\u003c\/em\u003e. Drawing from advice manuals, magazines, novels, cinema, memoirs, feminist tracts, and photographs, this fascinating book will be of particular interest to scholars and students of Modern history, English literature, anthropology, cultural studies, social geography, gender studies, and women's studies. It points to new directions in cultural history through its engagement in innovative areas such as the history of emotions and cultural memory. Through its attention to the contemporary rise in the employment of domestic workers, \u003cem\u003eKnowing Their Place\u003c\/em\u003e sets 'modern' Britain in a new and compelling historical context.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLucy Delap\u003c\/strong\u003e is a social and cultural historian with research interests in feminism, class, religion, and gender. Her book \u003cem\u003eThe Feminist Avant-Garde: Transatlantic Encounters of the early twentieth century\u003c\/em\u003e was published in 2007 and won the 2008 Women's History Network Prize. She co-edited \u003cem\u003eThe Politics of Domestic Authority in Britain since 1800\u003c\/em\u003e (Palgrave 2009), contributed to \u003cem\u003eFeminist Media History\u003c\/em\u003e (Palgrave 2010), and has published widely on British and American feminism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 278\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45774223016133,"sku":"9780198718246","price":87.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/P9JYt_7xrT9780198718246_77ae4128-4a0b-40e1-9f83-b06805db9079.webp?v=1770520505","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/knowing-their-place-domestic-service-in-twentieth-century-britain-paperback-2","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}