Main entry:

Freeman, June.

Title & Author:

The making of the modern kitchen : a cultural history / June Freeman.

Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2004.

Description:

v, 205 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-200) and index.
Spotlight on the kitchen: an outline of the scope and approach of the book -- Kitchen design as an expression of twentieth-century proselytising -- From the general to the particular and how it was done -- First findings from the sample -- Shopping begins -- Gender and the acquisition of a new kitchen -- Not only but also: instrumental and expressive considerations -- Finishing off and adding the clutter -- Reviewing the endeavour and endeavouring to conclude.

Summary:

"Kitchens are where we cook, clean, cry, talk, laugh, break things. Hugely symbolic, as well as practical, kitchens evoke thoughts of hearth and home, family and domesticity. People today commonly spend more refurbishing theirh kitchens than refurbishing any other room in the home. On kitchen units alone, annual expenditure in England has been around the billion pound mark for some time. And this only represents part of what people spend on a kitchen. Fore, when they do up their kitchens, people frequently also buy new machinery and nearly always buy new accessories. To get at the heart of the meaning, design and purpose of the modern kitchen, the author interviewed a sample of seventy four homeowners. She follows them through the process of shopping and purchasing a new kitchen, and she discusses the importance of layout, colour, shape and texture. She explores the dominant role that women play in shaping the appearance of a new kitchen and considers the evolution of the modern kitchen in the context of the consumer age. The first history of the fitted kitchen in England, this innovative new book will appeal to anyone interested in design, sociology, gender studies and cultural history"--Back cover.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

1859736947
9781859736944
1859736998 (pbk.)
9781859736999 (pbk.)

Subject:

Design 2016
Kitchen cabinets England History.
Kitchens Social aspects England.
Armoires de cuisine Angleterre Histoire.
Cuisines Aspect social Angleterre.
49.30 dwelling, home furnishing.
Kitchen cabinets.
Kitchens Social aspects.
Küche
Modernisierung
Design
Keukens.
Cultuurgeschiedenis.
Armoire de cuisine.
Aspect social.
Cuisine (Pièce)
Histoire.
England.
Großbritannien

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 232346
Call No.: TX653 .F74 2004
Status: Available