Biting the dust : the joys of housework
"In this witty, erudite and refreshing examination of our universal obsession with cleaning and cleanliness. Margaret Horsfield confronts her own dirt demons and scours the social, historical, literary and psychological nooks and crannies of the world of household chores." "Basing her work on masses of historical research, on many interviews in which people come clean about housework and on an analysis of characters from novels and advertising, s...