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Picking up where All Joy and No Fun left off, All the Rage sets out to understand why, in an age of so-called equality, full-time working mothers still carry. The inequity of domestic life is one of the most profound and perplexing conundrums of our time. In an era of seemingly unprecedented...

At the heart of this history is the female body. The century-span between the crinoline and the bikini witnessed more mutations in the ideal western woman's body shape than at any other period. In this richly detailed account, Virginia Nicholson takes us to the Frontline of Beauty to reveal the power, the pain and the pleasure involved in adorning the female body. Encompassing two world wars and a revolution in women's rights, All the Rage tells the story of western female beauty from 1860 to 1960.

¿Por qué los hombres hacen tan poco en casa? ¿Por qué las mujeres hacen tanto? ¿Por qué nuestros valores igualitarios no coinciden con nuestras experiencias? La periodista y psicóloga Darcy Lockman ofrece una mirada lúcida al problema más pernicioso al que se enfrentan las madres y padres modernos: cómo las relaciones progresistas se convierten en tradicionales cuando se introducen los niños en el hogar.