Petra Hultman

Everything a housewife should kmow

The installation consists of 19 selected sections from a Swedish Housewife dictonaries (1949-1965) and demonstrates the vast amount of facts, information and knowledge that was considered necessary for a housewife to know in order to carry out her unpaid reproductive work - presented with the dry scientific and educational tone of the time. Installed in alfabethical order from Arbetsglädje (Joy of work) to Äktenskapsskillnad (Divorce)Joy of work Segments included: Arbetsglädje (Joy of work) Barnets vård i hemmet - Barnets vård i samhället (Domestic child care - Public Child care) Befolkningsfrågan - Befruktning (The population problem - fertilization) Dammsugare - Damning (Vacuum Cleaner - Dusting) Flytning - Fläckurtagning (Vaginal discharge - Spot Removal) Handarbete - Hantverk (Handicrafts - Handiworks) Hemarbetets fördelning - Hemarbetets rationalisering (Distribution of housework - Rationaliisation of housework) Hemhjälpsfrågan (The domestic help issue) Hemmets arbetsplaner (Schedule for domestic labor) Hushållspengar - Husmoderssemester (Household money - Housewife holiday) Korsstygn - Kosmetik (Cross stitch - Cosmetics) Kvinnofrid - Kvinnorörelsen (Sexual Harassments - Women’s Movement) Lappning och lagning (Fixing and mending) Matförvaring - Matinköp (Food storage - Food purchases) Möbelvård - Mödravård (Furniture Care - Maternity Care) Rehabilitering - Reproduktionstal (Rehabilitation - Reproduction numbers) Servering - Sexuellt umgänge (Serving - Sexual intercourse) Välklädd - Vävning (Well-dressed - Weaving) Äktenskapligt samliv - Äktenskapsskillnad (Marital cohabitation - Divorce) # time <-> work <-> value, “peoples home”, housewife, reproductive work, ideals, ideologies, dictionary