Household work is an essential part of many people's lives, yet all too often it is rendered invisible. More Than It Seems aims not only to make this vitally important work visible, but also to reconsider it as a source of learning.
Drawing on a large study conducted in Canada, the authors consider diverse forms of household work, including carework. They highlight the experiences of people at the margins — including immigrants, Aboriginal women, people with disabilities, nannies, and people who provide and receive care — and analyze those experiences through the prism of lifelong learning theory. The result is a pioneering work that challenges our assumptions about both household work and lifelong learning.

Margrit Eichler is a professor in the Dept. of Sociology and Equite Studies, OISE/UT. June Larkin is a professor at the Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Studies, University of Toronto. Sheila M. Neysmith is professor in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto.

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Patrizia Albanese is Associate Professor of Sociology at Ryerson University.

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Dr. Susan Ferguson is Associate Professor of Digital Media and Journalism, and of Youth and Children’s Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in Brantford, ON. She is active in Faculty for Palestine, and has published on Canadian political discourse, public broadcasting and social reproduction feminism.

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Nicky Hyndman is a graduate student at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

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Lichun Willa Liu is a graduate student at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

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Ann Matthews is a graduate student at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

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“This book shows that household work is undervalued and that the expertise needed to do it is unappreciated. It documents the wide range of skills and knowledge required to do household work and discusses how women
and men actually learn to do all the myriad tasks involved in maintaining households and caring for the people who live in them.” — — Meg Luxton, Professor of Social Science and Women’s Studies, York University