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The Strait Gate: Thresholds and Power in Western History By Jutt
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- Title
- The Strait Gate: Thresholds and Power in Western History
- ISBN
- 9780300211085
- Book Title
- Strait Gate : Thresholds and Power in Western History
- Item Length
- 9.5in
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2in
- Genre
- House & Home, History, Social Science, Philosophy
- Topic
- Design & Construction, Religious, Social History, Aesthetics, Customs & Traditions
- Item Width
- 6.5in
- Item Weight
- 27.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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A prize-winning scholar offers a sweeping exploration of the role doors have played in history Exploring a chapter not yet probed in the cultural history of the West, The Strait Gate demonstrates how doors, gates, and related technologies such as the key and the lock have shaped the way we perceive and navigate the domestic and urban spaces that surround us in our everyday lives. J tte reveals how doors have served as sites of power, exclusion, and inclusion--and, by extension, as metaphors for salvation--in the course of Western history. This book makes it clear that doors, more than any other parts of the house, are the objects onto which we project our ideas of and anxieties about security, privacy, and shelter. Without doors, of course, houses could not exist. But even though we each walk through doorways well over a hundred times a day, we typically pay little attention to the doors we encounter. We regard them simply as a means of entering or leaving a building or room. Yet when our doors stop working as they should--when we find that we cannot lock or open them, for instance--we react with discomfort and anxiety. Drawing on a wide range of archival, literary, and visual sources, as well as on research literature across various disciplines and languages, J tte pays particular attention to the history of the practices that have developed over the centuries in order to handle and control doors in everyday life.
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Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300211082
ISBN-13
9780300211085
eBay Product ID (ePID)
210310239
Product Key Features
Book Title
Strait Gate : Thresholds and Power in Western History
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Design & Construction, Religious, Social History, Aesthetics, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year
2015
Genre
House & Home, History, Social Science, Philosophy
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
27.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Hm621
Reviews
"This is a splendid work of cultural history. By examining the vast array of overt and hidden meanings that came to be attached to doors in early modern Europe, the author provides an enticing gateway to a rarely considered aspect of pre-modern life."--Christopher R. Friedrichs, University of British Columbia, "An engrossing and powerfully illuminating history of our most intimate surroundings."--Joseph Koerner, Harvard University, "This is a splendid work of cultural history. By examining the vast array of overt and hidden meanings that came to be attached to doors in early modern Europe, the author provides an enticing gateway to a rarely considered aspect of pre-modern life."--Christopher R. Friedrichs, University of British Columbia
Copyright Date
2015
Target Audience
Trade
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2015-931017
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Yes
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