The Parlour and the Suburb: Domestic Identities, Class, Femininity and Modernity

by Judy Giles

Book Overview

The Parlour and the Suburb challenges stereotypes about domesticity with a reevaluation of women's roles in the 'private' sphere. Classic accounts of modernity have generally ignored or marginalized women, relegating them to the private sphere of home, sexuality and personal relationships. This private sphere has been understood as a gendered space in which a non-modern femininity is opposed to the masculine world of politics, economics, urban life...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1859737021
• ISBN13: 9781859737026
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.5"