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The Bedroom - An Intimate History (Hardcover)
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The Bedroom - An Intimate History (Hardcover)
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An erudite and highly enjoyable exploration of the most intriguing
of personal spaces, from Greek and Roman antiquity through today
The winner of France's prestigious Prix Femina Essai (2009), this
imaginative and captivating book explores the many dimensions of
the room in which we spend so much of our lives--the bedroom.
Eminent cultural historian Michelle Perrot traces the evolution of
the bedroom from the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans to
today, examining its myriad forms and functions, from royal king's
chamber to child's sleeping quarters to lovers' trysting place to
monk's cell. The history of women, so eager for a room of their
own, and that of prisons, where the principal cause of suffering is
the lack of privacy, is interwoven with a reflection on secrecy,
walls, the night and its mysteries. Drawing from a wide range of
sources, including architectural and design treatises, private
journals, novels, memoirs, and correspondences, Perrot's engaging
book follows the many roads that lead to the bedroom--birth, sex,
illness, death--in its endeavor to expose the most intimate,
nocturnal side of human history.
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