Material Relations - Domestic Interiors and Middle-Class Families in England, 1850-1910

Informationen zum Autor Jane Hamlett is Senior Lecturer in Modern British History at Royal Holloway University of London Klappentext Material relations tells the story of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century middle-class families by exploring the domestic spaces they inhabited and the material goods they prized. By opening the doors of the house, the book sheds new light on aspects of family life including love, marriage, sex, childhood and death. Historians have argued that as the nineteenth century waned, domestic spaces became increasingly private. Material relations challenges this, contending that domestic space created a complex series of family intimacies. Drawing upon novels, advice manuals and magazines, alongside sources for everyday use such as diaries, autobiographies, sale catalogues and inventories, wills and photographs, this fascinating book will be of particular interest to scholars and students of modern history, English literature, cultural studies, social geography, history of art and history of design. Zusammenfassung Material relations tells the story of nineteenth and early twentieth century middle-class families by exploring the domestic spaces they inhabited and the material goods they prized. By opening the doors of the house! the book sheds new light on aspects of family life including love! marriage! sex! childhood and death. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Inside the middle-class home: space and the limits of the private2. Material marriages: creating domestic interiors, defining marital relationships3. "Tiresome trips downstairs": childhood experience and the domestic interior4. Leaving home: schools, colleges and lodgings5. Death, memory and the reconstruction of homeEpilogue: from Victorian to Modern?BibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Jane Hamlett, Hamlett Jane
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.11.2010
• EAN: 9780719078637
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-7863-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Studies in Design and Material Culture; Studies in Design (Hardcover); Studies in Design and Material Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; England, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, Sociology: family & relationships, Social and cultural history, Sociology: family and relationships