Bathroom / Barbara Penner.

Main entry:

Penner, Barbara, 1970- author.

Title & Author:

Bathroom / Barbara Penner.

Publication:

London : Reaktion Books Ltd, 2013.
©2013

Description:

335 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, plans ; 21 cm.

Series:

Objekt

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-319) and index.
The civilizing bathroom -- The iconic bathroom -- The rational bathroom -- The soft bathroom -- The inclusive bathroom -- The alternative bathroom.

Summary:

"Bathroom charts the evolution of the bathroom and the habits and lifestyles to which it gave rise. It shows how and why the bathroom emerged and how it became an international symbol of key modern values, such as cleanliness, order and progress. The modern bathroom, its technologies and its customs have been exported globally through colonialism, the media, fashion, world expositions and tourism. Barbara Penner explores the conflicts this process has caused, as well as discussing more user-friendly and low-tech alternatives, which are set to become ever more relevant in our environmentally conscious age. Abundantly illustrated, Bathroom examines examples from history and from across the globe."--Publisher description.

ISBN:

9781780231938 (pbk.)
1780231938 (pbk.)
(ebook)
9781780232287

Subject:

Bathrooms Designs and plans.
Bathrooms History.
Plumbing fixtures History.
Baths history
Toilet Facilities history
Hygiene history
Salles de bains Dessins et plans.
Salles de bains Histoire.
21.84 interior design and decoration.
Plumbing fixtures
Bathrooms.
Badezimmer
Körperpflege
Innenarchitektur
Kultur
Badkamers.
Badrum.
House and Home.

Form/genre:

Architectural drawings.
History.

Added entries:

Objekt.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 293987
Call No.: BIB 239261
Status: Available

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