A little give : the unsung, unseen, undone work of women
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Published
Melbourne : Scribe, 2023.
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Stony Point-Rose Memorial Library - Adult Nonfiction
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Published
Melbourne : Scribe, 2023.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
230 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
Sometimes I think that carrying -- other people, the continuity of history, generational identity, the emotional load of the everyday -- is the main thing that women do. In Marina Benjamin's new set of interlinked essays, she turns her astute eye to the tasks once termed 'women's work'. From cooking and cleaning to caring for an ageing relative, A Little Give depicts domestic life anew: as a site of paradox and conflict, but also of solace and profound meaning. Here, productivity sits alongside self-erasure, resentment with tenderness, and the animal self is never far away, perpetually threatening to break through. Drawing on the work of figures such as Natalia Ginzburg, Paula Rego, and Virginia Woolf, Benjamin writes with fierce candour of the struggle to overwrite the gender conditioning that pulls her back into 'the mud-world of pre-feminism' even as she attempts to haul herself out. From her upbringing as the child of immigrants with fixed traditional values, to looking after her mother and seeing her teenager move out of home, she examines her relationships with family, community, her body, and even with language itself. Ultimately, she shows that a woman's true work may lie at the heart of her humanity, in the pursuit both of transformation and of deep acceptance.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Benjamin, M. (2023). A little give: the unsung, unseen, undone work of women (Australian edition.). Scribe.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Benjamin, Marina. 2023. A Little Give: The Unsung, Unseen, Undone Work of Women. Scribe.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Benjamin, Marina. A Little Give: The Unsung, Unseen, Undone Work of Women Scribe, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Benjamin, Marina. A Little Give: The Unsung, Unseen, Undone Work of Women Australian edition., Scribe, 2023.
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