Home Bodies: Tactile Experience in Domestic Space

by James Krasner

Book Overview

How do acts of caring for the sick or grieving for the dead change the way we move through our living rooms and bedrooms? Why do elderly homeowners struggle to remain in messy, junk-filled houses? Why are we so attached to our pets, even when they damage and soil our living spaces? In Home Bodies: Tactile Experience in Domestic Space, James Krasner offers an interdisciplinary, humanistic investigation of the sense of touch in our experience...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814256589
• ISBN13: 9780814256589
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"