HIST 840 House in History (Spring 2019) Discussion Materials – Week 8

GENDERED SPACE; SACRED SPACE; QUIET SPACE; VERMIN; GARDENS AND PARKS

Videos and photos:

“Purdah”  (One-page essay)

Zenana:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenana (essay with photos)
“Zenana” (documentary, 4:54 min.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HOrUrvCtfY

Harem

 

“The House on Trubnaya” (Russian, silent film, 1928: watch 2:00-5:00 min. for morning chores in the apartment house)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scf9f9W4oNs

 

Readings:

Moore, The Prehistory of Home, Chapter 5 (“Model Homes”), pp. 70-92

Bryson, At Home, Chapters 11 (“The Study”) and 12 (“The Garden”), pp. 341-406