Strangers and intimates : the rise and fall of private life / Tiffany Jenkins.
| Author/creator | Jenkins, Tiffany author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | London : Picador, 2025. |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | xiii, 450 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | PART I: BORDERS DRAWN -- The Spark of Conscience -- Secrets of the Heart -- Thought Is Free -- PART II: THE AGE OF SEPARATIONS -- Public Faces, Private Spaces -- In the Happy Minute -- The Language of the Passions -- Female Virtues -- PART III: A SECRED DOMAIN OF PRIVACY -- Sealed Letters in an English Post Office -- The Family Must Have Privacy -- Experiments in Living -- The Right to Be Let Alone -- A Room of One's Own -- PART IV: BORDER CROSSING -- The Hidden Roots of Human Behaviour -- Personally Authentic -- The Personal Is Political -- An Undue Obsession -- The Right to Privacy -- Religion Comes Out of the Closet -- 'A Spectatorial State of Mind' -- PART V: BLURRED LINES -- Realms Beyond Our Dreams -- Love Letters Never Sent -- Parental Guidance -- Let's Talk About Sex -- Big Data Is Watching You -- The Sound of Silence -- Saving Private Life. |
| Abstract | "Cultural historian Tiffany Jenkins takes readers on an epic journey, from the strict separations of public and private in ancient Athens to the moral rigidity of the Victorian home, and from the feminists of the 1970s who declared that 'the personal is political' to the boundary-blurring demands of our digital age. Strangers and Intimates is both a celebration of the private realm and a warning: as social media, surveillance and the expectations of constant openness reshape our lives, Jenkins asks a timely question: can private life survive the demands of the twenty-first century?"--Publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9781529034196 |
| ISBN | 9781529034165 hardback |
| ISBN | 1529034167 |
| ISBN | ePub ebook |
| Standard identifier# | CIPO000206452 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | JC596 .J46 2025 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |