Feminized Work and the Labor of Literature

New Literary Perspectives on the Times, Spaces and Forms of Women’s Work
Explores literary representations of ‘women’s work’ to generate new understandings of contemporary working conditions.
In a world wherein work is increasingly feminized, historical and contemporary literature can reveal what 'women's work' entails. Reading across different genres, time periods and geographical locations, this book explores gendered working lives through novels, poetry, comics, editorial work and book collecting. It moves from the library of an early modern noblewoman to protest comics in the 2017 Women's March, from Virginia Woolf, Adrienne Rich and Buchi Emecheta to writing from the 2020s about motherhood and explores topics as various as gossip, poetic scraps and household management as well as gender-based violence and the creation of feminist solidarity. In doing so, it shows how literary perspectives on labour and gender can provide insights into work that is otherwise made invisible and can help us to better understand the challenges of today's insecure work-lives.

Contributor: Emily J. Hogg (Edited by), Charlotte J. Fabricius (Edited by)

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