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Książka Toilet Harvey Molotch

Toilet

Public Restrooms and the Politics of Sharing

Autor: Harvey Molotch, Laura Noren
Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Miękka
Wydawca: New York University Press
Dostępność: Dostępna u dostawcy
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So much happens in the public toilet that we never talk about. Finding the right door, waiting in li...

Informacje o książce

Autor
Harvey Molotch, Laura Noren
Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Miękka
Data wydania
2010
strony
328
EAN
9780814795897
ISBN
0814795897
Enbook ID
04932848
Wydawca
New York University Press
Waga
494
Wymiary
151 x 225 x 20

Pełny opis

So much happens in the public toilet that we never talk about. Finding the right door, waiting in line, and using the facilities are often undertaken with trepidation. Don't touch anything. Try not to smell. Avoid eye contact. And for men, don't look down or let your eyes stray. Even washing one's hands are tied to anxieties of disgust and humiliation. And yet other things also happen in these spaces: babies are changed, conversations are had, make-up is applied, and notes are scrawled for posterity. Beyond these private issues, there are also real public concerns: problems of public access, ecological waste, and - in many parts of the world - sanitation crises. At public events, why are women constantly waiting in long lines but not men? Where do the homeless go when cities decide to close public sites? Should bathrooms become standardized to accommodate the disabled? Is it possible to create a unisex bathroom for transgendered people? In Toilet, noted sociologist Harvey Molotch and Lauren Noren bring together twelve essays by urbanists, historians and cultural analysts (among others) to shed light on the public restroom. These noted scholars offer an assessment of our historical and contemporary practices, showing us the intricate mechanisms through which even the physical design of restrooms - the configurations of stalls, the number of urinals, the placement of sinks, and the continuing segregation of women's and men's bathrooms - reflect and sustain our cultural attitudes towards gender, class, and disability. Based on a broad range of conceptual, political, and down-to-earth viewpoints, the original essays in this volume show how the bathroom - as a practical matter - reveals competing visions of pollution, danger and distinction.

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