Sex and buildings : modern architecture and the sexual revolution / Richard J. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Richard J., 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture and society--History--20th century.

Architecture and society.

Architecture, Modern--20th century--Case studies.

Architecture, Modern.

Sexual ethics--History--20th century.

Sexual ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Massive modern skyscrapers, obelisks, towers-all are structures that, thanks to their phallic shape, are often associated with sex. But other buildings are more subtly connected, as they provide the frameworks for our sexual lives and act as reminders of our sexual memories. This relationship between sex and buildings mattered more than ever in the United States and Europe during the turbulent twentieth century, when a culture of unprecedented sexual frankness and tolerance emerged and came to dominate many aspects of public life. Part architectural history, part cultural history, and part tra

Contents:

Cover; Sex and Buildings: Modern Architecture and the Sexual Revolution; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction; One: The Care of the Body; Two: Inside the Orgone Accumulator; Three: Communal Living; Four: Phallic Towers and Mad Men; Five: Pornomodernism; Six: The Hotel; Seven: What Would a Feminist City Look Like?; Eight: Queer and Other Spaces; Epilogue; References; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 6, 2014).

ISBN:

9781780231419

1780231415

OCLC:

894170584