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Sex and real estate : why we love houses
- Title
- Sex and real estate : why we love houses / Marjorie Garber.
- Author
- Garber, Marjorie B.
- Publication
- New York : Pantheon Books, ©2000.
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Details
- Description
- 243 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "Marjorie Garber ranges through literature, art, film, journalism, criticism, and the hard evidence of everyday experience, and gives us an acute analysis of the ways in which we think about the places we hang our hats. She discusses the House as Beloved, as Mother, as Body. She writes about the Dream House, the Trophy House, the House as History, and the Summer House."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Home > United States > Psychological aspects
- Dwellings > United States > Psychological aspects
- Homeowners > United States > Psychology
- Home in popular culture > United States
- Dwellings > Psychological aspects
- Home in popular culture
- Home > Psychological aspects
- Houses > United States > Psychological aspects
- Popular culture > United States > Psychological aspects
- United States
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-230) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : sex and real estate -- 1. The house as beloved -- 2. The house as mother -- 3. The house as body -- 4. The dream house -- 5. The trophy house -- 6. The house as history -- 7. The summer house -- Epilogue : why we love houses.
- ISBN
- 0375420541
- 9780375420542
- LCCN
- 99059107
- OCLC
- ocm42935713
- 42935713
- SCSB-14698755
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library