Because class was cancelled last week, we will also discuss Week 2’s readings on

GLOBAL CONCEPTS OF “HOME;” THE YEAR 1850 IN ENGLAND; AN IDEAL AMERICAN HOME, 1869

Moore, The Prehistory of Home, Chapter 1 (“The Prehistory of Home”), pp. 1-14

Bryson, At Home, 2 plans at front of book, “Introduction” and Chapter 1 (“The Year”), pp. 17-54

Catherine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe, The American Woman’s Home, or Principles of Domestic Science (New York: J. B. Ford, 1869), Chapter 2, “A Christian Home,” pp. 23-42 (http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_26.cfm)

 

Week 3

THE EARLIEST HOUSES; DECODING THE EVIDENCE (LANGUAGE, ARCHIVES, ART); THE ENGLISH HOUSE AND HALL, 400-1600

 

Videos:

Skara Brae neolithic village. 5:32 min. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de4kOrOaNyI

Worsley, Lucy. “History of the Home” (British domestic life, medieval-present day):

“1. The Living Room” (58:59 min.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrn42rvTlpk

Early doll houses:

“The Miniaturist: Real-Life History” (about Dutch doll-houses of the 17th century; 7:13 min,):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGGb_M0dBcs

“Dutch cabinet kitchen, c. 1670-1700” (images only) (in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; 3:00 min.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe0IJ7buXMg

[Photos only:] “The magical miniature world of antique dollhouses” (from the Netherlands, Germany, France, England, and USA)

 

Readings:

Moore, The Prehistory of Home, Chapter 2 (“Starter Homes”), pp. 15-31

Judith Flanders, The Making of Home: The 500-Year Story of How Our Houses Became Our Homes (New York: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin’s Press, 2014), Chapter 1: “Home Thoughts: An Introduction,” pp.1-20; Plates 1-5; endnotes at pp. 283-285. [Available via Canvas]

Bryson, At Home, Chapters 2 (“The Setting”) and 3 (“The Hall”), pp. 54-105