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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480603403321

Autore

Potvin John

Titolo

Bachelors of a different sort : Queer aesthetics, material culture and the modern interior in Britain / / John Potvin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-5261-5931-7

1-78499-109-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Studies in design and material culture

Disciplina

305.5680941

Soggetti

Material culture - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Interior decoration - Social aspects - Great Britain

Gay men - Great Britain - Social life and customs

Gay men - Great Britain - Identity

Studios (Appartements) - Grande-Bretagne - Identity

Bachelors - Great Britain - Identity

Livres numeriques.

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2014.

Nota di contenuto

1. Men of a different sort: the seven deadly sins of the modern bachelor -- I. Wilde Spaces: 2.`God Save the Queen': Lord Gower, idolatry and the cult of the bric-a-brac diva -- 3. Vale(d) decadence: Charles Ricketts, Charles Shannon and the Wilde factor -- II. Country Living -- 4. Askesis and the Greek ideal: Edward Perry Warren and Lewes House -- 5. Of art and irises: Cedric Morris, Arthur Lett-Haines and the decorative ideal -- III. Stage Design for Living -- 6. Coward in the room: interwar glamour and the performances of a queer modernity -- 7. Cecil Beaton: artifice as resistance -- 8. Conclusion:manifesto for a queer home of One's own.

Sommario/riassunto

This title considers the complicated relationships between the modern queer bachelor and interior design, material culture and aesthetics in Britainbetween 1885 and 1957.