Little White Houses How the Postwar Home Constructed Race in America

Name: Little White Houses How the Postwar Home Constructed Race in America
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ISBN: 9780816654567

ISBN-10: 0816654565

ISBN-13: 9780816654567

Edition: 2013

Authors: Dianne Harris

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A rare exploration of the racial and class politics of architecture,Little White Housesexamines how postwar media representations associated the ordinary single-family house with middle-class whites to the exclusion of others, creating a powerful and invidious cultural iconography that continues to resonate today. Drawing from popular and trade magazines, floor plans and architectural drawings, television programs, advertisements, and beyond, Dianne Harris shows how the depiction of houses and their interiors, furnishings, and landscapes shaped and reinforced the ways in which Americans perceived white, middle-class identities and helped support a housing market already defined by racial…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Publication date: 2/19/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 392
Size: 10.00" wide x 8.00" long x 2.00" tall
Weight: 2.530
Language: English