Little White Houses : How the Postwar Home Constructed Race in America /

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"A rare exploration of the racial and class politics of architecture, Little White Houses examines how postwar media representations associated the ordinary single-family house with middle-class whites to the exclusion of others, creating a powerful and invidious cultural iconography that conti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Harris, Dianne Suzette (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Weisse.
Mittelstand
Massenmedien
Ethnische Identität
Architektur
White people > Race identity.
Mass media and architecture.
Architecture, Domestic.
Architecture and race.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Architecture domestique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Medias et architecture > États-Unis.
Architecture et race > États-Unis.
White people > Race identity > United States > History > 20th century.
Architecture, Domestic > United States > History > 20th century.
Mass media and architecture > United States.
Architecture and race > United States.
USA.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The ordinary postwar house
  • Magazine lessons : publishing the lexicon of white domesticity
  • Rendered whiteness : architectural drawings and graphics
  • Private worlds : the spatial contours of exclusion and privilege
  • Household goods : purchasing and consuming identity
  • Built-ins and closets : status, storage, and display
  • The Home Show : televising the postwar house
  • Designing the yard : gardens, property, and landscape.

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