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Living with Strangers - Bedsits and Boarding Houses in Modern English Life, Literature and Film (Paperback)
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Living with Strangers - Bedsits and Boarding Houses in Modern English Life, Literature and Film (Paperback)
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Living with Strangers examines the history and cultural
representation of bed-sitting rooms and boarding houses in England
from the early twentieth century to the present. Providing a
historical overview, the authors explore how these alternative
domestic spaces came to provide shelter for a diverse demographic
of working women and men, retired army officers, gay people,
students, bohemians, writers, artists, performers, migrants and
asylum seekers, as well as shady figures and criminals. Drawing on
historical records, case studies, and examples from literature,
art, and film, the book examines how the prevalence and
significance of bedsits and boarding houses in novels, plays,
detective stories, Ealing comedies, and contemporary fiction and
film produced its own genre of narrative. The nine chapters are
written by an international range of established and emerging
scholars in the fields of literary studies, art and film history,
political theory, queer studies and cultural studies. A lively,
highly original study, Living with Strangers makes a significant
contribution to the cross-disciplinary field of home studies and
provides insight into a crucial aspect of British cultural history.
It is essential reading for students and researchers in
anthropology, history, literary studies, sociology, gender and
sexuality studies, film studies and cultural studies.
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