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Domesticity at War (Mit Press)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Artist
- Colomina, Beatriz
- ISBN
- 0262033615
- Book Title
- Domesticity at War
- Item Length
- 10.3in
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.4in
- Genre
- Design, Architecture
- Topic
- Buildings / Residential, General, Criticism, History / General
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 42.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 280 Pages
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Product Information
When American architects, designers, and cultural institutions converted wartime strategies to new ends, the aggressive promotion of postwar domestic bliss became another kind of weapon. In the years immediately following World War II, America embraced modern architecture-not as something imported from Europe, but as an entirely new mode of operation, with original and captivating designs made in the USA. In Domesticity at War , Beatriz Colomina shows how postwar American architecture adapted the techniques and materials that were developed for military applications to domestic use. Just as manufacturers were turning wartime industry to peacetime productivity-going from missiles to washing machines-American architects and cultural institutions were, in Buckminster Fuller's words, turning "weaponry into livingry."This new form of domesticity itself turned out to be a powerful weapon. Images of American domestic bliss-suburban homes, manicured lawns, kitchen accessories-went around the world as an effective propaganda campaign. Cold War anxieties were masked by endlessly repeated images of a picture-perfect domestic environment. Even the popular conception of the architect became domesticated, changing from that of an austere modernist to a plaid-shirt wearing homebody. Colomina examines, with interlocking case studies and an army of images, the embattled and obsessive domesticity of postwar America. She reports on, among other things, MOMA's exhibition of a Dymaxion Deployment Unit (DDU), a corrugated steel house suitable for use as a bomb shelter, barracks, or housing; Charles and Ray Eames's vigorous domestic life and their idea of architecture as a flexible stage for the theatrical spectacle of everyday life; and the American lawn as patriotic site and inalienable right.Domesticity at War itself has a distinctive architecture. Housed within the case are two units- one book of text, and one book of illustrations-most of them in color, including advertisements, newspaper and magazine articles, architectural photographs, and more.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262033615
ISBN-13
9780262033619
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57204363
Product Key Features
Book Title
Domesticity at War
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Buildings / Residential, General, Criticism, History / General
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Design, Architecture
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10.3in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
42.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Na7208.C589 2007
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Reviews
"What is most fascinating about Domesticity At War is Colomina's exploration of the 'complex interactions of architecture and media that transforms the relationship between public and private.'" Catherine Croft Building Design, What is most fascinating about Domesticity At War is Colomina's exploration of the 'complex interactions of architecture and media that transforms the relationship between public and private.', "What is most fascinating about Domesticity At Waris Colomina's exploration of the 'complex interactions of architecture and media that transforms the relationship between public and private.'" - Catherine Croft, Building Design, " What is most fascinating about "Domesticity At War" is Colominars" s exploration of the ls" complex interactions of architecture and media that transforms the relationship between public and private.rs" " -- Catherine Croft, "Building Design", "What is most fascinating about Domesticity At War is Colomina'sexploration of the 'complex interactions of architecture and media that transforms the relationshipbetween public and private.'" Catherine Croft BuildingDesign
Copyright Date
2007
Lccn
2006-032105
Dewey Decimal
720.973/09045
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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