Hosanna Krienke

Hosanna Krienke

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Hosanna Krienke is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow for the “Diseases of Modern Life: Nineteenth-Century Perspectives” project, funded by the European Research Council and hosted by St. Anne’s College at the University of Oxford. She received her Ph.D. in English from Northwestern University and is currently writing a book: Convalescent Time: The Afterlife of Illness in the Nineteenth-Century Novel.

History

“Who but Women Should Manage It?”: Convalescent Home Matrons and Medical Recuperation

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Today we often hear reports about women’s invisible labor. Female family members do the lion’s share of housework and caregiving — not just for their own children, but for any household member. Given that such caregiving takes time, often drawing women away from wage-earning jobs, this care is likely one source of wage discrepancies between… Read more →

Culture, History

A Brief History of “Bouncing Back”

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So the world has witnessed yet another round of the Royal Baby bonanza — from tracking Meghan Markle’s maternity style, to conjecturing on her due date, to now discussing the baby’s name. But the most familiar set piece of this performance is, of course, the post-birth photo shoot. British tabloids loudly complained about the privacy… Read more →