Bachelors of a different sort : Queer aesthetics, material culture and the modern interior in Britain / / John Potvin
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Potvin John
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| Titolo: |
Bachelors of a different sort : Queer aesthetics, material culture and the modern interior in Britain / / John Potvin
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| Pubblicazione: | Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 305.5680941 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain |
| Soggetto non controllato: | none in metadata sheet |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Bachelors of a different sort |
| ISBN: | 1-5261-5931-7 |
| 1-78499-109-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910810617503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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