{"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":"\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\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 Professor of Gender, Technology and Cultural Politics at the University of West London. Her research interests include technofeminism, social reproduction, and theories of work, and she's a member of the international working group Laboria Cuboniks. Her books include \u003ci\u003eBeyond Explicit: Pornography and the Displacement of Sex\u003c\/i\u003e (SUNY Press, 2014), \u003ci\u003eXenofeminism\u003c\/i\u003e (Polity, 2018), and \u003ci\u003ePost-Work\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, forthcoming, with Will Stronge). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Srnicek\u003c\/b\u003e is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Economy at King's College London. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePlatform Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e (Polity, 2016) and \u003ci\u003eInventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work\u003c\/i\u003e (Verso, 2015 with Alex Williams).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.5 x 6 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 July 18, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50335962431725,"sku":"9781786633071","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/RKIMTbyqT9781786633071.webp?v=1785054738","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/after-work-a-history-of-the-home-and-the-fight-for-free-time-hardcover","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}