Apartment stories : city and home in nineteenth-century Paris and London / Sharon Marcus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marcus, Sharon, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apartment houses--Social aspects--France--Paris--History--19th century.

Apartment houses.

Apartment houses--Social aspects--England--London--History--19th century.

Personal space--England--London--History--19th century.

Personal space.

History.

Apartment houses--Social aspects.

Paris (France)--Social conditions--19th century.

Paris (France).

London (England)--Social conditions--19th century.

London (England).

Paris (France)--Social life and customs--19th century.

London (England)--Social life and customs--19th century.

French fiction--19th century--History and criticism.

French fiction.

English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

Cities and towns in literature.

England--London.

France--Paris.

Physical Description:

x, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [1999]

Summary:

In urban studies, the nineteenth century is the "age of great cities." In feminist studies, it is the era of the separate domestic sphere. But what of the city's homes? In the course of answering this question, Apartment Stones provides a singular and radically new framework for understanding the urban and the domestic. Turning to an element of the cityscape that is thoroughly familiar yet frequently overlooked, Sharon Marcus argues that the apartment house embodied the intersections of city and home, public and private, and masculine and feminine spheres.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-313) and index.

ISBN:

0520208528

0520217268

OCLC:

39811775