01986nam 2200433 n 450 991034603540332120231214133106.0(CKB)4920000000093751(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/44361(NjHacI)994920000000093751(oapen)doab44361(EXLCZ)99492000000009375120202102d2019 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA Cultural History of Twin BedsBloomsbury Academic20191 electronic resource (296 p.)Home1-350-04545-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Through tracing the history of twin beds, this book reveals unexpected perspectives on the social and sexual mores of late 19th- and 20th Britain.Home (Bloomsbury (Firm))BedsHistoryBedsSocial aspectsBedsHistory.BedsSocial aspects.645.409Hilary Hindsauth1320381NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910346035403321A Cultural History of Twin Beds3034215UNINA