Double-Edged Comforts: Domestic Life in Modern Italian Art and Visual Culture 9780228013730

The meanings of the mid-twentieth-century Italian home in art and culture. From sleeping and bathing, chores, and maki

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Double-Edged Comforts: Domestic Life in Modern Italian Art and Visual Culture
9780228013730

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Silvia Bottinelli

Table of contents :
Cover
DOUBLE-EDGED COMFORTS
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 Depicting the Italian Home: History of an Idea and an Experience from the 1940s to the 1970s
CHAPTER 2 Bed Stories: Sleep, Eros, and Violence in the Domestic Space
CHAPTER 3 Purifying, Beautifying, and Intimidating: Visual Interpretations of Domestic Bathing and Body Care
CHAPTER 4 The Home as a Site of Labour: Housekeeping in Italian Art and Visual Culture
CHAPTER 5 Cooking, Feeding, and Dining: Weaving Relationships around the Table
CHAPTER 6 Representations of the Television at Home: Voices from the Outside
CONCLUSION Looking Forward
NOTES
INDEX

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