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Author Potvin, John, author

Title Bachelors of a different sort : queer aesthetics, material culture and the modern interior in Britain / John Potvin
Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Series Studies in design and material culture
Contents 1. Men of a different sort: the seven deadly sins of the modern bachelor -- I. Wilde Spaces: 2.̀€God Save the Queen': Lord Gower, idolatry and the cult of the bric-a-brac diva -- 3. Vale(d) decadence: Charles Ricketts, Charles Shannon and the Wilde factor -- II. Country Living -- 4. Askesis and the Greek ideal: Edward Perry Warren and Lewes House -- 5. Of art and irises: Cedric Morris, Arthur Lett-Haines and the decorative ideal -- III. Stage Design for Living -- 6. Coward in the room: interwar glamour and the performances of a queer modernity -- 7. Cecil Beaton: artifice as resistance -- 8. Conclusion: manifesto for a queer home of One's own
Summary This title considers the complicated relationships between the modern queer bachelor and interior design, material culture and aesthetics in Britain between 1885 and 1957
Notes Originally published: 2014
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Subject Gay men -- Great Britain -- Identity
Gay men -- Great Britain -- Social life and customs
Bachelors -- Great Britain -- Identity
Material culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Interior decoration -- Social aspects -- Great Britain
Gay/Lesbian Interest.
Gay men -- Identity
Gay men -- Social life and customs
Interior decoration -- Social aspects
Material culture
Family and Relationships.
Gay/Lesbian Interest.
Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781526159311
1526159317