The Vacuum Cleaner : A Cultural Investigation

Name: The Vacuum Cleaner
Brand: Springer International Publishing AG
SKU: 9783031566653
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ISBN: 9783031566653

2024 ed.

by Maud Ellmann

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Material Modernisms

ISBN-10 3031566653

ISBN-13 9783031566653

Edition 2024 ed.

Publisher Springer International Publishing AG

Imprint Palgrave Macmillan

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jul 26th, 2024

Print length 120 Pages

Weight 194 grams

Dimensions 14.60 x 20.80 x 1.70 cms

Product Classification: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary studies: from c 1900 -

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The iconic appliance of twentieth-century domestic revolution, the vacuum cleaner stands at the forefront of radical changes in technology, automation, finance, marketing, hygiene, infrastructure, time-management, domestic labour, and the history of dirt.

This book offers an entertaining study of the facts and fantasies associated with the vacuum cleaner as it evolved from a luxury gimmick to a household necessity. The iconic appliance of twentieth-century domestic revolution, the vacuum cleaner stands at the forefront of radical changes in technology, automation, finance, marketing, hygiene, infrastructure, time-management, domestic labour, and the history of dirt. This appliance also insinuates itself into the dominant phobias of the period, including totalitarianism and nuclear war. Maud Ellmann shows how modern literature, art, and other media have transformed this humble domestic mod con into a curmudgeon, windbag, cannibal, vampire, dictator, infanticidal mother, freedom fighter, mantrap, and lothario.

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