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Sto caricando le informazioni... Toilet: Public Restrooms and the Politics of Sharingdi Harvey Molotch
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Bought this for my Kindle. Price: $9.99. Price for the Nook is $60. WTF? I first found this book when I was making a booklist for National Bathroom Reading Month, & I thought it was just a novelty. But rather than being a gag, this collection of essays is a serious academic study! Full disclosure: I didn't read all the essays-a couple of them, if you'll pardon the pun, were a bit dry. What I did read was eye-opening & fascinating-some of my favorites were: "Only Dogs are Free to Pee: New York City Cabbies' Search for Civility"; "Sex Separation: The Cure-All for Victorian Social Anxiety"; "Pissing Without Pity: Disability, Gender, & the Public Toilet"; & "Why Not Abolish Laws of Urinary Segregation?" When I first picked up this book, my co-workers were grossed out, as if I were reading something dirty for a perverse thrill. On the contrary, these essays brought front & center for me issues about toilet use-something I do every day without much thought-for the differently abled, for transsexuals, for anyone waiting in a long line or trying to cram themselves, a large handbag, & a child into a tiny uniform cubicle. However, you also won't want to miss the book's numerous "Rest Stops": Judgemental Urinals, Trucker Bomb (what do truckers do for bathroom breaks on a long haul?), Thai Students Get Transsexual Toilet, Flirting with the Boundary (one way mirrors allow for a transparent bathroom experience), & more! nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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View "Public Restrooms": A Photo Gallery in The Atlantic Monthly.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 Laura Nor©♭n 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.Although what happens in the toilet usually stays in the toilet, this brilliant, revelatory, and often funny book aims to bring it all out into the open, proving that profound and meaningful history can be made even in the can.Contributors: Ruth Barcan, Irus Braverman, Mary Ann Case, Olga Gershenson, Clara Greed, Zena Kamash,Terry Kogan, Harvey Molotch, Laura Nor©♭n, Barbara Penner, Brian Reynolds, and David Serlin. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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