Living with strangers bedsits and boarding houses in modern English life, literature and film / edited by Chiara Briganti and Kathy Mezei.

Other author Briganti, Chiara.
Other author Mezei, Kathy, 1947-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon : New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.
Descriptionx, 184 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks
Subjects
Boardinghouses in literature.
English literature--20th century. --History and criticism.

SeriesHome
Contents Introduction / Chiara Briganti and Kathy Mezei -- Aspidistras and Divans: transient spaces in the London Novel, 1920s to 1940s / Kathy Mezei and Chiara Briganti -- Immortal apples and eternal eggs: life and still life in the bedsits of Bloomsbury / Hana Leaper -- Writing in a bedsitter: Muriel Spark and Doris Lessing / Paul Delany -- In a queer room, 1900-1970 / Mark Armstrong -- Thieves in the house: Ealing comedy and the criminal lodger / Michael Newton -- Cold rooms in the post-war London novel / Chiara Briganti and Kathy Mezei -- London's post-war housing crisis and detective fiction : Allingham, Christie, Marsh / June Sturrock -- Precarious living in the films of Ken Loach / Luke Davies -- Leave to remain: bedsits, B&Bs and borders in contemporary fictions of asylum / Emily Cuming.
Abstract "Living with Strangers examines the history and cultural representation of bed-sitting rooms and boarding houses in England from the early twentieth century to the present. Providing a historical overview, the authors explore how these alternative domestic spaces came to provide shelter for a diverse demographic of working women and men, retired army officers, gay people, students, bohemians, writers, artists, performers, migrants and asylum seekers, as well as shady figures and criminals. Drawing on historical records, case studies, and examples from literature, art, and film, the book examines how the prevalence and significance of bedsits and boarding houses in novels, plays, detective stories, Ealing comedies, and contemporary fiction and film produced its own genre of narrative. The nine chapters are written by an international range of established and emerging scholars in the fields of literary studies, art and film history, political theory, queer studies and cultural studies. A lively, highly original study, Living with Strangers makes a significant contribution to the cross-disciplinary field of home studies and provides insight into a crucial aspect of British cultural history. It is essential reading for students and researchers in anthropology, history, literary studies, sociology, gender and sexuality studies, film studies and cultural studies"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017051427
ISBN9781350016521 (hardcover)

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