Read more
Zusatztext "Davis finds that bathrooms have consistently been entangled with larger cultural matters such as the public good, the reach of institutional inclusion, the nature of gender difference, and, above all, the myriad privileges of social status." Informationen zum Autor Alexander K. Davis is Lecturer at Princeton University! where he studies gender! sexuality! and social inequality through the lens of cultural and organizational sociology. Klappentext "A valuable contribution that will help nuance our understanding of gender. Davis draws on a wide range of historical materials as well as interviews with key stakeholders to explain how the social organization of bathroom space naturalizes gender and class hierarchies."—Catherine Connell, author of School’s Out: Gay and Lesbian Teachers in the Classroom "Provides a unique historical overview of bathroom policy and construction standards along with analysis of legal discrimination cases. A much-needed contribution to contemporary debates about public bathrooms."—Miriam Abelson, Portland State University Zusammenfassung Today’s debates about transgender inclusion and public restrooms may seem unmistakably contemporary! but they have a surprisingly long and storied history in the United States—one that concerns more than mere “potty politics.” Alexander K. Davis takes readers behind the scenes of two hundred years’ worth of conflicts over the existence! separation! and equity of gendered public restrooms! documenting at each step how bathrooms have been entangled with bigger cultural matters: the importance of the public good! the reach of institutional inclusion! the nature of gender difference! and! above all! the myriad privileges of social status. Chronicling the debut of nineteenth-century “comfort stations!” twentieth-century mandates requiring equal-but-separate men’s and women’s rooms! and twenty-first-century uproar over laws like North Carolina’s “bathroom bill!” Davis reveals how public restrooms are far from marginal or unimportant social spaces. Instead! they are—and always have been—consequential sites in which ideology! institutions! and inequality collide. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Politicizing the Potty 2. Professionalizing Plumbing 3. Regulating Restrooms 4. Working against the Washroom 5. Leveraging the Loo 6. Transforming the Toilet Conclusion Appendix: Data and Methodology Notes Bibliography Index ...
