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DomestiCITY: Brisfest 2020
In March 2020, all over the world women were forced back into their homes during lockdown. For some, this meant a new confinement to the domestic sphere with little help, along with responsibilities for supervising children’s education, care for aging parents, worries about partners and finances. For others, new anxieties arose from their professional roles as health workers and teachers – on the frontline of caring.
On Domesticity
“The Cult of Domesticity was an expression of white middle class aspirations. Angela Davis (in Women, Race and Class) points out that for African women enslaved in nineteenth century America, a domestic life was a distant fantasy: even their child bearing was treated as an economic benefit for owners. “
Leigh Tabrett breaks down the Cult of Domesticity, and explores it’s ongoing relevance for contemporary life.