ISBN:
9780814759646
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9780814795880
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9780814795897
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (325 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
NYU Series in Social and Cultural Analysis Ser
Parallel Title:
Print version Toilet : Public Restrooms and the Politics of Sharing
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Toilet
DDC:
392.3/6
Keywords:
Toilets Social aspects
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Toilets
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Toilets-Social aspects
;
Toilets - Social aspects
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Electronic books
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Bedürfnisanstalt
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Sozialverhalten
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Geschlechterrolle
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Alltagskultur
Abstract:
View "Public Restrooms": A Photo Gallery in The Atlantic Monthly. So much happens in the public toilet that we never talk about. Finding the right door, waiting in line, and using the facilities are often undertaken with trepidation. Don't touch anything. Try not to smell. Avoid eye contact. And for men, don't look down or let your eyes stray. Even washing one's hands are tied to anxieties of disgust and humiliation. And yet other things also happen in these spaces: babies are changed, conversations are had, make-up is applied, and notes are scrawled for posterity. Beyond these private issues, there are also real public concerns: problems of public access, ecological waste, and-in many parts of the world-sanitation crises. At public events, why are women constantly waiting in long lines but not men? Where do the homeless go when cities decide to close public sites? Should bathrooms become standardized to accommodate the disabled? Is it possible to create a unisex bathroom for transgendered people? In Toilet, noted sociologist Harvey Molotch and Laura Norén bring together twelve essays by urbanists, historians and cultural analysts (among others) to shed light on the public restroom. These noted scholars offer an assessment of our historical and contemporary practices, showing us the intricate mechanisms through which even the physical design of restrooms-the configurations of stalls, the number of urinals, the placement of sinks, and the continuing segregation of women's and men's bathrooms-reflect and sustain our cultural attitudes towards gender, class, and disability. Based on a broad range of conceptual, political, and down-to-earth viewpoints, the original essays in this volume show how the bathroom-as a practical matter-reveals competing visions of pollution, danger and distinction. Although what happens in the toilet usually stays in the
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Learning from the Loo -- Rest Stop: Russell Sage Foundation -- Part I: Living in the Loo -- 2 Dirty Spaces: Separation, Concealment, and Shame in the Public Toilet -- Rest Stop: Erotics at Harvard -- 3 Which Way to Look? Exploring Latrine Use in the Roman World -- Rest Stop: Judgmental Urinals -- 4 Potty Training: Nonhuman Inspection in Public Washrooms -- Rest Stop: Times Square Control -- Part II: Who Gets to Go -- 5 Only Dogs Are Free to Pee: New York Cabbies' Search for Civility -- Rest Stop: Trucker Bomb -- 6 Creating a Nonsexist Restroom -- Rest Stop: A Woman's Restroom Reflection -- 7 Sex Separation: The Cure-All for Victorian Social Anxiety -- Rest Stop: MIT's Infinite Corridor, Now Shorter for Women -- 8 Pissing without Pity: Disability, Gender, and the Public Toilet -- Rest Stop: Flirting with the Boundary -- Part III: Building in the Future -- 9 The Restroom Revolution: Unisex Toilets and Campus Politics -- Rest Stop: Thai Students Get Transsexual Toilet -- 10 Why Not Abolish Laws of Urinary Segregation? -- Rest Stop: Menstrual Dilemma -- 11 Entangled with a User: Inside Bathrooms with Alexander Kira and Peter Greenaway -- Rest Stop: Toilet Bloom Bryant Park -- 12 On Not Making History: What NYU Did with the Toilet and What It Means for the World -- Notes -- About the Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Learning from the Loo; Rest Stop: Russell Sage Foundation; Part I: Living in the Loo; 2 Dirty Spaces: Separation, Concealment, and Shame in the Public Toilet; Rest Stop: Erotics at Harvard; 3 Which Way to Look? Exploring Latrine Use in the Roman World; Rest Stop: Judgmental Urinals; 4 Potty Training: Nonhuman Inspection in Public Washrooms; Rest Stop: Times Square Control; Part II: Who Gets to Go; 5 Only Dogs Are Free to Pee: New York Cabbies' Search for Civility; Rest Stop: Trucker Bomb; 6 Creating a Nonsexist Restroom
Description / Table of Contents:
Rest Stop: A Woman's Restroom Reflection7 Sex Separation: The Cure-All for Victorian Social Anxiety; Rest Stop: MIT's Infinite Corridor, Now Shorter for Women; 8 Pissing without Pity: Disability, Gender, and the Public Toilet; Rest Stop: Flirting with the Boundary; Part III: Building in the Future; 9 The Restroom Revolution: Unisex Toilets and Campus Politics; Rest Stop: Thai Students Get Transsexual Toilet; 10 Why Not Abolish Laws of Urinary Segregation?; Rest Stop: Menstrual Dilemma; 11 Entangled with a User: Inside Bathrooms with Alexander Kira and Peter Greenaway
Description / Table of Contents:
Rest Stop: Toilet Bloom Bryant Park12 On Not Making History: What NYU Did with the Toilet and What It Means for the World; Notes; About the Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
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