Hilary Hinds

A Cultural History of Twin Beds

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Produktbeschreibung

A Cultural History of Twin Beds challenges our most ingrained assumptions about intimacy, sexuality, domesticity and hygiene by tracing the rise and fall of twin beds as a popular sleeping arrangement for married couples between 1870 and 1970.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9781350045422
• ISBN-10: 135004542X
• Artikelnr.: 54921089

Autorenporträt

Hilary Hinds is Professor of Literary Culture at Lancaster University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

List of FiguresSeries Preface: Why Home?AcknowledgementsIntroduction: At
Home with Twin Beds1. Double or Twin?Part One: Hygiene 2. Air in the
Bedroom3. Vital Force4. Coda: Modern SleepPart Two: Modernity5.
Anti-Victorianism and the Modern Home6. Modern by Design7. Coda: The
Mise-en-Scène of Modern MarriagePart Three: Marriage8. At Home with a
Stranger9. Marie Stopes and Modern Marriage10. Late Victorian Marital
Advice11. Abstinence and Ambivalence12. Twin Beds: The Literary
VerdictConclusion: Together and ApartNotesReferencesIndex