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Domestic Space in Britain, 1750-1840: Materiality, Sociability and Emotion
Domestic Space in Britain, 1750-1840: Materiality, Sociability and Emotion
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The book Domestic Space in Britain, 1750-1840 explores the material culture of domestic life during this period, highlighting how the home was central to social and emotional significance. It examines craft production, collection, gift exchange, inheritance, and loss, using methodologies from art history and material culture studies to examine unpublished interiors, spaces, texts, images, and objects. Through extensive archival research, visual, material, and textual analysis, and histories of emotion, sociability, and materiality, it sheds light on the decoration and reception of a broad array of domestic spaces, establishing the materiality of the home as a crucial site for identity formation, social interaction, and emotional expression.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 03 October 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
This book delves into the design, decoration, and reception of elite and middling class homes from 1750-1840, highlighting the central role of material culture in shaping the function and significance of the home during this period. By examining craft production and collection, gift exchange and written description, inheritance and loss, and other material processes, the book uncovers the ways in which the home became a focal point for contemporaries' social and emotional lives. It is the first book on its subject and employs methodologies from both art history and material culture studies to explore previously unpublished interiors, spaces, texts, images, and objects. Through extensive archival research, visual, material, and textual analysis, and histories of emotion, sociability, and materiality, the book sheds light on the decoration and reception of a wide range of domestic spaces. In doing so, it establishes the materiality of the home as a crucial site for identity formation, social interaction, and emotional expression.
Weight: 624g
Dimension: 233 x 157 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350437364
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