| Description |
1 online resource (328 p.) |
| Series |
Studies in Design and Material Culture Ser |
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Studies in Design and Material Culture Ser
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| 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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
This title considers the complicated relationships between the modern queer bachelor and interior design, material culture and aesthetics in Britainbetween 1885 and 1957 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Gay men -- Great Britain -- Identity
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Gay men -- Identity.
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Great Britain.
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| Genre/Form |
e-books.
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Livres numériques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Potvin, John
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Sherman, Bill
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| ISBN |
9781526159328 |
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1526159325 |
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