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The Objects and Textures of Everyday Life in Imperial Britain (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The Objects and Textures of Everyday Life in Imperial Britain (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Focusing on everyday life in nineteenth-century Britain and its
imperial possessions"from preparing tea to cleaning the kitchen,
from packing for imperial adventures to arranging home decor"the
essays in this collection share a common focus on materiality, the
nitty-gritty elements that helped give shape and meaning to British
self-definition during the period. Each essay demonstrates how
preoccupations with common household goods and habits fueled
contemporary debates about cultural institutions ranging from
personal matters of marriage and family to more overtly political
issues of empire building. While existing scholarship on material
culture in the nineteenth century has centered on artifacts in
museums and galleries, this collection brings together disparate
fields"history of design, landscape history, childhood studies, and
feminist and postcolonial literary studies"to focus on ordinary
objects and practices, with specific attention to how Britons of
all classes established the tenets of domesticity as central to
individual happiness, national security, and imperial hegemony.
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