Design at Home
Domestic Advice Books in Britain and the USA since 1945
By Grace Lees Maffei | Publisher: Taylor and Francis
About the book
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.
Editions of Design at Home
- EBook
- ISBN 9781135075828
- PDF
- ISBN 9781135075835
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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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Design at Home about?
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.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Design at Home?
The Arts > The visual, decorative or fine arts: treatments and subjects > History of art
Where can I read a sample of Design at Home?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781135075828
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Design at Home?
Grace Lees Maffei
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Design at Home is available as ebook(ISBN 9781135075828) and pdf(ISBN 9781135075835)