Architectural identities : domesticity, literature and the Victorian middle classes / Andrea Kaston Tange.

Architectural identities : domesticity, literature and the Victorian middle classes /

Architectural Identities links Victorian constructions of middle-class identity with domestic architecture. In close readings of a wide range of texts, including fiction, autobiography, housekeeping manuals, architectural guides and floor plans, Andrea Kaston Tange argues that the tensions at the ro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tange, Andrea Kaston, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2010
Subjects:
Identity (Psychology) in architecture > England.
Architecture, Domestic, in literature.
Dwellings > Social aspects > England > History > 19th century.
Middle class > England > History > 19th century.
Architecture, Domestic > Social aspects > England > History > 19th century.
Architecture and society > England > History > 19th century.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Domestic Boundaries: The Character of Middle-Class Architecture
  • Redesigning Femininity: Expanding the Limits of the Drawing Room
  • Earthquakes in London: Passages through One Middle-Class Home
  • Accommodating Masculinity: Staging Manhood in the Dining Room
  • Boundaries in Flux: The Liminal Spaces of Middle-Class
  • Fictions of Family Life: Building Class Position in the Nursery.

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