LEADER 04802oam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910791401603321 005 20231204172716.0 010 $a0-8147-5964-5 010 $a0-8147-6120-8 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814759646 035 $a(CKB)2560000000052764 035 $a(EBL)865705 035 $a(OCoLC)779828205 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000429814 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11301588 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000429814 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10451770 035 $a(PQKB)10253049 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865705 035 $a(OCoLC)676698547 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse4913 035 $a(DE-B1597)548599 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814759646 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865705 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10425195 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000052764 100 $a20100506h20102010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aToilet $epublic restrooms and the politics of sharing /$fedited by Harvey Molotch and Laura Nore?n 210 1$aNew York :$cNew York University Press,$d2010. 210 4$d©2010 215 $a1 online resource (vii, 316 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aNYU series in social and cultural analysis 311 0 $a0-8147-9589-7 311 0 $a0-8147-9588-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Introduction: Learning from the Loo --$tRest Stop --$t2. Dirty Spaces --$tRest Stop --$t3. Which Way to Look? --$tRest Stop --$t4. Potty Training --$tRest Stop --$t5. Only Dogs Are Free to Pee --$tRest Stop --$t6. Creating a Nonsexist Restroom --$tRest Stop --$t7. Sex Separation --$tRest Stop --$t8. Pissing without Pity --$tRest Stop --$t9. The Restroom Revolution --$tRest Stop --$t10. Why Not Abolish Laws of Urinary Segregation? --$tRest Stop --$t11. Entangled with a User --$tRest Stop --$t12. On Not Making History --$tNotes --$tAbout the Contributors --$tIndex 330 $aView "Public Restrooms": A Photo Gallery in The Atlantic Monthly.So much happens in the public toilet that we never talk about. Finding the right door, waiting in line, and using the facilities are often undertaken with trepidation. Don?t touch anything. Try not to smell. Avoid eye contact. And for men, don?t look down or let your eyes stray. Even washing one?s hands are tied to anxieties of disgust and humiliation. And yet other things also happen in these spaces: babies are changed, conversations are had, make-up is applied, and notes are scrawled for posterity.Beyond these private issues, there are also real public concerns: problems of public access, ecological waste, and?in many parts of the world?sanitation crises. At public events, why are women constantly waiting in long lines but not men? Where do the homeless go when cities decide to close public sites? Should bathrooms become standardized to accommodate the disabled? Is it possible to create a unisex bathroom for transgendered people?In Toilet, noted sociologist Harvey Molotch and Laura Norén bring together twelve essays by urbanists, historians and cultural analysts (among others) to shed light on the public restroom. These noted scholars offer an assessment of our historical and contemporary practices, showing us the intricate mechanisms through which even the physical design of restrooms?the configurations of stalls, the number of urinals, the placement of sinks, and the continuing segregation of women?s and men?s bathrooms?reflect and sustain our cultural attitudes towards gender, class, and disability. Based on a broad range of conceptual, political, and down-to-earth viewpoints, the original essays in this volume show how the bathroom?as a practical matter?reveals competing visions of pollution, danger and distinction.Although what happens in the toilet usually stays in the toilet, this brilliant, revelatory, and often funny book aims to bring it all out into the open, proving that profound and meaningful history can be made even in the can.Contributors: Ruth Barcan, Irus Braverman, Mary Ann Case, Olga Gershenson, Clara Greed, Zena Kamash,Terry Kogan, Harvey Molotch, Laura Norén, Barbara Penner, Brian Reynolds, and David Serlin. 410 0$aNYU series in social and cultural analysis. 606 $aToilets 606 $aToilets$xSocial aspects 615 0$aToilets. 615 0$aToilets$xSocial aspects. 676 $a392.3/6 701 $aMolotch$b Harvey Luskin$0276319 701 $aNore?n$b Laura$01471462 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791401603321 996 $aToilet$93683746 997 $aUNINA