Design at Home Domestic Advice Books in Britain and the USA since 1945 Directions in Cultural History Series
Auteur : Lees Maffei Grace
Domestic advice literature is rich in information about design, ideals of domesticity, consumption and issues of identity, yet this literature remains a relatively neglected resource in comparison with magazines and film.
Design at Home brings together etiquette, homemaking and home decoration advice as sources in the first systematic demonstration of the historical value of domestic advice literature as a genre of word and image, and a discourse of dominance. This book traces a transatlantic domestic dialogue between the UK and the US as the chapters explore issues of design, domesticity, consumption, social interaction and identity markers including class, gender and age.
Areas covered include:
? the use of domestic advice by historians
? relationships between advice, housing and the middle class
? links between advice and gender
? advice and the teenage consumer
Design at Home is essential reading for students and scholars of cultural and social history, design history, and cultural studies.
Introduction - Defining a Genre:Domestic Advice Literature Part I 1. The Roots of Domestic Advice Literature 2. Real Ideals: Advice and Fiction Part II 3. From Decline and Fall to Rise and Sprawl: Advice for the Middle Classes 4. Easier Living? Lady Behave! Advice and Gender 5. Advice and the Teenage Consumer at Home Conclusion
Grace Lees-Maffei is a Reader in Design History at the University of Hertfordshire and the Managing Editor of the Journal of Design History. She researches the mediation of design, edited Writing Design: Words and Objects and co-edited Made in Italy: Rethinking a Century of Italian Design and The Design History Reader.
Date de parution : 12-2013
15.6x23.4 cm
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Prix indicatif 166,93 €
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Mots-clés :
domestic; advice; literature; books; writer; emily; post; martha; stewart; living; Domestic Advice Literature; Domestic Advice Books; Domestic Advice; Domestic Advice Writer; Young Man; Vice Versa; Convenience Foods; Term UK; Smart Phone; Charismatic Legitimisation; Good Housekeeping Institute; Sex Advice Books; Emily Post; Modern Homemaking; Traditional Legitimisation; Advice Literature; Teen Guide; Lady Troubridge; Teen Room; Red Field; American Youth Commission; Bird's Eye; Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center; Tomorrow's House; Nancy Mitford