UID:
edocfu_9959145494402883
Format:
1 electronic resource (296 p.)
Series Statement:
Home
Content:
Through tracing the history of twin beds, this book reveals unexpected perspectives on the social and sexual mores of late 19th- and 20th Britain.
Note:
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.
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-350-04545-4
Language:
English