{"product_id":"the-routledge-history-of-the-domestic-sphere-in-europe-9780367647193","title":"The Routledge History of the Domestic Sphere in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book addresses the multifaceted history of the domestic sphere in Europe from the Age of Reformation to the emergence of modern society. By focusing on daily practice, interaction and social relations, it shows continuities and social change in European history from an interior perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Routledge History of the Domestic Sphere in Europe \u003c\/i\u003econtains a variety of approaches from different regions that each pose a challenge to commonplace views such as the emergence of confessional cultures, of private life, and of separate spheres of men and women. By analyzing a plethora of manifold sources including diaries, court records, paintings and domestic advice literature, this volume provides an overview of the domestic sphere as a location of work and consumption, conflict and cooperation, emotions and intimacy, and devotion and education. The book sheds light on changing relations between spouses, parents and children, masters and servants or apprentices, and humans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: continuities and transformations in the history of the domestic sphere \u003cb\u003ePart 1: Language and discourse \u003c\/b\u003e1.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eDomestic terminologies: house, household, family 2. Domestic advice literature: an entangled history? \u003cb\u003ePart 2: Legal settings and domestic hierarchies \u003c\/b\u003e3. Spouses and the competition for wealth 4. Constructing and challenging dependence: masters and servants \u003cb\u003ePart 3: The domestic sphere as space of work \u003c\/b\u003e5. Paid and unpaid work 6. Lower state servants and home office work 7. Scholarly households \u003cb\u003ePart 4: Leisure and sociability \u003c\/b\u003e8. Leisure and the household 9. Domestic sociability and the emergence of the \u003ci\u003ebürgertum \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 5: Consumption and material culture \u003c\/b\u003e10. Gender and consumption in the household economy 11. Making the material home: consumption, craft and gender \u003cb\u003ePart 6: Domestic conflict and violence \u003c\/b\u003e12. Sexual violence and domesticity 13. Managing conflicts and making peace \u003cb\u003ePart 7: Emotions and intimacy \u003c\/b\u003e14. A space of emotions 15. Sexuality and intimacy \u003cb\u003ePart 8: Child-rearing and education \u003c\/b\u003e16. Parental care and the emergence of a new pedagogical discourse 17. Learning at home: class, religion, gender and family \u003cb\u003ePart 9: Privacy and the emergence of separate spheres? \u003c\/b\u003e18. From open house to privacy? Domestic life from the perspective of diaries 19. Gender implications of the separate spheres \u003cb\u003ePart 10: Semi-public spaces \u003c\/b\u003e20. The urban Balkan home: the flower garden as a young girl’s place 21. Negotiating intermediate spaces: caretakers, doormen and concierges \u003cb\u003ePart 11: The domestic sphere as a religious space \u003c\/b\u003e22. Shaping confessional identities in the urban home 23. Religion and domesticity \u003cb\u003ePart 12: Health and food preparation \u003c\/b\u003e24. The domestic culture of health 25. Food preparation and meals in a gendered perspective \u003cb\u003ePart 13: Animals and plants \u003c\/b\u003e26. Dogs as domestic animals 27. Houseplants and the invention of indoor gardening \u003cb\u003ePart 14: Images and identity constructs \u003c\/b\u003e28. Dutch paintings of interiors and the invention of a bourgeois identity 29. The national house and home in the Polish literature and culture\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51585777041751,"sku":"9780367647193","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367647193.jpg?v=1756489186","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-routledge-history-of-the-domestic-sphere-in-europe-9780367647193","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}