Extreme Domesticity: A View from the Margins

In Extreme Domesticity (Columbia University Press), Susan Fraiman ’78 reminds readers that keeping house is just as likely to involve dislocation, economic insecurity, and creative improvisation as it is to call to mind our typical notions of banality and conservative family values. Fraiman vindicates domestic practices and appreciates their centrality to everyday life, while never forgetting their dark side.