| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 371 pages) |
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text file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Translator's Note; Chamber Music; The King's Bedroom; Rooms for Sleeping; A Room of One's Own; The Children's Room; The Women's Room; Hotel Rooms; Workers' Rooms; Sickbeds and Deathbeds; No Exit; Fugitive Bedrooms; "Going Outside . . ."; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Summary |
An erudite and highly enjoyable exploration of the most intriguing of personal spaces, from Greek and Roman antiquity through today The winner of France's prestigious Prix Femina Essai (2009), this imaginative and captivating book explores the many dimensions of the room in which we spend so much of our lives--the bedroom. Eminent cultural historian Michelle Perrot traces the evolution of the bedroom from the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans to today, examining its myriad forms and functions, from royal king's chamber to child's sleeping quarters to lovers' trysting place to monk's cell. The history of women, so eager for a room of their own, and that of prisons, where the principal cause of suffering is the lack of privacy, is interwoven with a reflection on secrecy, walls, the night and its mysteries. Drawing from a wide range of sources, including architectural and design treatises, private journals, novels, memoirs, and correspondences, Perrot's engaging book follows the many roads that lead to the bedroom--birth, sex, illness, death--in its endeavor to expose the most intimate, nocturnal side of human history. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
Bedrooms -- History.
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Bedrooms. |
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History. |
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Personal space -- History.
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Personal space. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Customs & Traditions. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Elken, Lauren, editor.
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| Added Title |
Histoire de chambres. English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Perrot, Michelle. Histoire de chambres. English. Bedroom. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018] 0300167091 (OCoLC)1024164179 |
| ISBN |
9780300169539 (electronic book) |
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0300169531 (electronic book) |
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9780300167092 |
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0300167091 |
| Standard No. |
10.12987/9780300169539 |
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