The Resource Little white houses : how the postwar home constructed race in America, Dianne Harris
Little white houses : how the postwar home constructed race in America, Dianne Harris
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- Summary
- "A rare exploration of the racial and class politics of architecture, Little White Houses examines 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 segregation and deep economic inequalities.After describing the ordinary postwar house and its orderly, prescribed layout, Harris analyzes how cultural iconography associated these houses with middle-class whites and an ideal of white domesticity. She traces how homeowners were urged to buy specific kinds of furniture and other domestic objects and how the appropriate storage and display of these possessions was linked to race and class by designers, tastemakers, and publishers. Harris also investigates lawns, fences, indoor-outdoor spaces, and other aspects of the postwar home and analyzes their contribution to the assumption that the rightful owners of ordinary houses were white.Richly detailed, Little White Houses adds a new dimension to our understanding of race in America and the inequalities that persist in the U.S. housing market. "--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 365 pages
- Contents
-
- The ordinary postwar house
- Magazine lessons : Publishing the Lexicon of White Domesticity
- Rendered whiteness : architectural drawings and graphics
- Private worlds : the spatial contours of exclusion and privilege
- Household goods : purchasing and consuming identity
- Built-ins and closets : status, storage, and display
- The Home Show : televising the postwar house
- Designing the yard : gardens, property, and landscape
- Isbn
- 9780816653324
- Label
- Little white houses : how the postwar home constructed race in America
- Title
- Little white houses
- Title remainder
- how the postwar home constructed race in America
- Statement of responsibility
- Dianne Harris
- Subject
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- Architecture, Domestic -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- Mass media and architecture -- United States
- Whites -- Race identity -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- ARCHITECTURE / History / Contemporary (1945-)
- Architecture and race -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A rare exploration of the racial and class politics of architecture, Little White Houses examines 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 segregation and deep economic inequalities.After describing the ordinary postwar house and its orderly, prescribed layout, Harris analyzes how cultural iconography associated these houses with middle-class whites and an ideal of white domesticity. She traces how homeowners were urged to buy specific kinds of furniture and other domestic objects and how the appropriate storage and display of these possessions was linked to race and class by designers, tastemakers, and publishers. Harris also investigates lawns, fences, indoor-outdoor spaces, and other aspects of the postwar home and analyzes their contribution to the assumption that the rightful owners of ordinary houses were white.Richly detailed, Little White Houses adds a new dimension to our understanding of race in America and the inequalities that persist in the U.S. housing market. "--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Harris, Dianne Suzette
- Dewey number
- 728.01/030973
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- NA2543.R37
- LC item number
- H37 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Architecture, landscape and American culture
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Architecture and race
- Mass media and architecture
- Architecture, Domestic
- Whites
- ARCHITECTURE / History / Contemporary (1945-)
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- Label
- Little white houses : how the postwar home constructed race in America, Dianne Harris
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- The ordinary postwar house -- Magazine lessons : Publishing the Lexicon of White Domesticity -- Rendered whiteness : architectural drawings and graphics -- Private worlds : the spatial contours of exclusion and privilege -- Household goods : purchasing and consuming identity -- Built-ins and closets : status, storage, and display -- The Home Show : televising the postwar house -- Designing the yard : gardens, property, and landscape
- Control code
- 809845154
- Dimensions
- 21 cm x 26 cm
- Extent
- xi, 365 pages
- Isbn
- 9780816653324
- Lccn
- 2012036292
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Little white houses : how the postwar home constructed race in America, Dianne Harris
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- The ordinary postwar house -- Magazine lessons : Publishing the Lexicon of White Domesticity -- Rendered whiteness : architectural drawings and graphics -- Private worlds : the spatial contours of exclusion and privilege -- Household goods : purchasing and consuming identity -- Built-ins and closets : status, storage, and display -- The Home Show : televising the postwar house -- Designing the yard : gardens, property, and landscape
- Control code
- 809845154
- Dimensions
- 21 cm x 26 cm
- Extent
- xi, 365 pages
- Isbn
- 9780816653324
- Lccn
- 2012036292
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- Architecture, Domestic -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- Mass media and architecture -- United States
- Whites -- Race identity -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- ARCHITECTURE / History / Contemporary (1945-)
- Architecture and race -- United States
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