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Toilet : Public Restrooms and the Politics of Sharing /
View " Public Restrooms ": A Photo Gallery in The Atlantic Monthly. So much happens in the public toilet that we never talk about. Finding the right door, waiting in line, and using the facilities are often undertaken with trepidation. Don't touch anything. Try not to smell. Avoid eye...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
NYU Press,
[2010]
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| Colección: | NYU series in social and cultural analysis.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | View " Public Restrooms ": A Photo Gallery in The Atlantic Monthly. So much happens in the public toilet that we never talk about. Finding the right door, waiting in line, and using the facilities are often undertaken with trepidation. Don't touch anything. Try not to smell. Avoid eye contact. And for men, don't look down or let your eyes stray. Even washing one's hands are tied to anxieties of disgust and humiliation. And yet other things also happen in these spaces: babies are changed, conversations are had, make-up is applied, and notes are scrawled for posterity. Beyond these pri. Whether we acknowledge it or not, restroom arrangements--the norms, rules, ritual, and habits we follow--are a unique an definitive expression of our culture and its politics. Public toilets order and display our priorities as biological necessity meets up with sexuality, gender and diverse issues of disability, access, and inequality. Toilet illuminates the public restroom right down to how the mechanisms of design detail--the configurations of stalls, sinks, and doors--reflect and sustain social practice. Beyond our own personal experiences of using the bathroom, the book reveals the larger issues at stake: public health, city development, and ecological pollution. Because so much of what happens in the toilet stays in the toilet, secrecy, shame, and irresponsibility can flourish. Toilet puts it all in the open, confronting larger truths and aiming for a higher intelligence in the stalls. -- Print record. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 316 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814759646 0814759645 |