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Record Nr.

UNINA9910346035403321

Autore

Hilary Hinds

Titolo

A Cultural History of Twin Beds

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomsbury Academic, 2019

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (296 p.)

Collana

Home

Disciplina

645.409

Soggetti

Beds - History

Beds - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of Figures -- Series Preface: Why Home? -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: At Home with Twin Beds -- 1. Double or Twin? -- Part One: Hygiene -- 2. Air in the Bedroom -- 3. Vital Force -- 4. Coda: Modern Sleep -- Part Two: Modernity -- 5. Anti-Victorianism and the Modern Home -- 6. Modern by Design -- 7. Coda: The Mise-en-Sce`ne of Modern MarriagePart Three: Marriage -- 8. At Home with a Stranger -- 9. Marie Stopes and Modern Marriage -- 10. Late Victorian Marital Advice -- 11. Abstinence and Ambivalence -- 12. Twin Beds: The Literary Verdict -- Conclusion: Together and Apart -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Through tracing the history of twin beds, this book reveals unexpected perspectives on the social and sexual mores of late 19th- and 20th Britain.