Private spaces in public places : Comfort Stations, Fitting Rooms, Public Baths, and Locker Rooms in America, 1880-1930 / Laura Walikainen Rouleau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rouleau, Laura W., 1982- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public spaces--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century.

Public spaces.

Public spaces--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Privacy--United States--History--19th century.

Privacy.

Privacy--United States--History--20th century.

Architecture and society--History--19th century.

Architecture and society.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"This work takes a unique slant on the concept of privacy-not in terms of threats or law, but as it manifested in physical spaces"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Department store fitting rooms : a gendered privacy

Public baths : cleansing the "classed" body

Creating privacy in public : public comfort stations

Learning privacy : public school locker rooms.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Outgrowth of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Delaware, 2014, under the title: Private spaces in public places : exploring the boundary of privacy, 1880-1930.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Rouleau, Laura Walikainen Private Spaces in Public Places

ISBN:

9781421450001

OCLC:

1446132109