Bachelors of a Different Sort Queer Aesthetics, Material Culture and the Modern Interior in Britain.

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This title considers the complicated relationships between the modern queer bachelor and interior design, material culture and aesthetics in Britainbetween 1885 and 1957.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Breward, Christopher
Other Authors: Potvin, John, Sherman, Bill
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015.
Series:Studies in Design and Material Culture Ser.
Subjects:
Gay men > Great Britain > Identity.
Homosexuels masculins > Grande-Bretagne > Identité.
Gay men > Identity
Great Britain
none in metadata sheet.
e-books.
Livres numériques.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front matter
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • Preface
  • Men of a different sort: the seven deadly sins of the modern bachelor
  • I. Wilde spaces
  • 'God Save the Queen': Lord Gower, idolatry and the cult of the bric- à- brac diva
  • Vale(d) decadence: Charles Ricketts, Charles Shannon and the Wilde factor
  • II. Country living
  • Askesis and the Greek ideal: Edward Perry Warren and Lewes House
  • Of art and irises: Cedric Morris, Arthur LettHaines and the decorative ideal
  • III. Stage design for living
  • Coward in the room: interwar glamour and the performances of a queer modernity
  • Cecil Beaton: artifice as resistance
  • Conclusion: manifesto for a queer home of one's own
  • Select bibliography
  • Index

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