Playhouses and Privilege : The Architecture of Elite Childhood / Abigail A. Van Slyck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Slyck, Abigail Ayres, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elite (Social sciences)--United States.

Elite (Social sciences).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Exploring children's playhouses built on British and American estates between the 1850s and the mid-1930s, Playhouses and Privilege shows how these buildings were more than extravagant spaces to cultivate children's imaginations. Abigail A. Van Slyck traces the evolution of elite childhood, reviewing a rich archive to demonstrate that these structures were tools of social reproduction shaped by elite parents' attitudes toward child-rearing, education, and class privilege"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Children's Cottages and Playhouses

Introduction: Dynastic Ambitions and the Architecture of Childhood

1. Raising Royals in an Age of Sentiment: The Family of Victoria and Albert at Osborne

2. A Pastoral Paradise for Young Royals: Osborne's Swiss Cottage

3. Making American Aristocrats in the Gilded Age Children's Cottage

4. A Conundrum for Elite Parents: Prioritizing Play in the Early Twentieth Century

5. Practicing Domestic Virtue: Gender Politics and the 1920s Playhouse

6. Objects of Middle-Class Desire: Playhouses in the Leisure Economy

7. For Movie Stars and Princesses: The 1930s Celebrity Playhouse

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4529-7187-0

1-4529-7186-2

OCLC:

1456986552