Culture and Comfort

"This book is about the waxing and waning of the Victorian parlor, a room whose elaborate decor and accompanying social performances seem, from the perspective of the late twentieth century, emblematic of the artifice, even phoniness, of Victorian culture. It is the story of how tens of thousands of middle-class American families devoted their financial and emotional resources to create rooms that none of them needed, strictly speaking, and that some of them seem rarely to have used."--Preface.

Year

1988

Language

English

Publisher

Univ of Massachusetts Pr

Editions

3

Pages

448

ISBN

9780870236648

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