Double-Edged Comforts: Domestic Life in Modern Italian Art and Visual Culture

From sleeping and bathing, chores, and making and eating food to the arrival of television, this book unveils the untold story of Italian domestic experiences from the 1940s to the 1970s, providing a fresh account of modern domesticity relevant to understanding how we make sense of the places we live.

About the author

Silvia Bottinelli is senior lecturer in the Visual and Material Studies Department at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Tufts University.

Summary

From sleeping and bathing, chores, and making and eating food to the arrival of television, this book unveils the untold story of Italian domestic experiences from the 1940s to the 1970s, providing a fresh account of modern domesticity relevant to understanding how we make sense of the places we live.

Product details

• Authors: Silvia Bottinelli
• Publisher: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9780228004103
• ISBN: 978-0-228-00410-3
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 269 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 1261 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries