Hemma och borta: Kvinnors och mäns arbete i en förindustriell kontext
Jonas Lindström,
Maria Ågren
Abstract:This article uses results from a large historical study on working practices to argue that a marked spatial and gendered separation of home and work is not a historical constant. Based on data extracted from court records from the Swedish city of Västerås and its rural surroundings in the period 1720–1881, the authors show that both women and men carried out a considerable share of their work in homes rather than in dedicated workplaces. Work in homes was multi-faceted rather than specialized, and could be bot… Show more
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