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Ladies and gents : public toilets and gender.

By: Gershenson, OlgaContributor(s): Penner, BarbaraMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (263 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781592139415Subject(s): Public toilets -- Social aspects | Sex discrimination | Gender identityAdditional physical formats: Print version:: Ladies and GentsDDC classification: 628.4/508 LOC classification: GT476Online access: Open e-book
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword / Judith Plaskow -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Private Life of Public Conveniences / Olga Gershenson and Barbara Penner -- Potty Politics: Toilets, Gender, and Identity -- 1. The Role of the Public Toilet in Civic Life / Clara Greed -- 2. Potty Privileging in Perspective: Gender and Family Issues in Toilet Design / Kathryn H. Anthony and Meghan Dufresne -- 3. Geographies of Danger: School Toilets in Sub-Saharan Africa / Claudia Mitchell -- 4. Gender, Respectability, and Public Convenience in Melbourne, Australia, 1859-1902 / Andrew Brown-May and Peg Fraser -- 5. Bodily Privacy, Toilets, and Sex Discrimination: The Problem of "Manhood" in a Women's Prison / Jami Anderson -- 6. Colonial Visions of "Third World" Toilets: A Nineteenth-Century Discourse That Haunts Contemporary Tourism / Alison Moore -- 7. Avoidance: On Some Euphemisms for the "Smallest Room" / Naomi Stead -- Toilet Art: Design and Cultural Representations -- 8. Were Our Customs Really Beautiful? Designing Refugee Camp Toilets / Deborah Gans -- 9. (Re)Designing the "Unmentionable": Female Toilets in the Twentieth Century / Barbara Penner -- 10. Marcel Duchamp's Legacy: Aesthetics, Gender, and National Identity in the Toilet / Robin Lydenberg -- 11. Toilet Training: Sarah Lucas's Toilets and the Transmogrification of the Body / Kathy Battista -- 12. Stalls between Walls: Segregated Sexed Spaces / Alex Schweder -- 13. "Our Little Secrets": A Pakistani Artist Explores the Shame and Pride of Her Community's Bathroom Practices / Bushra Rehman -- 14. In the Men's Room: Death and Derision in Cinematic Toilets / Frances Pheasant-Kelly -- 15. "White Tiles. Trickling Water. A Man!" Literary Representations of Cottaging in London / Johan Andersson and Ben Campkin.
16. The Jew on the Loo: The Toilet in Jewish Popular Culture, Memory, and Imagination / Nathan Abrams -- Afterword / Peter Greenaway -- Contributors -- Index.
Summary: Public toilets provide a unique opportunity for interrogating how conventional assumptions about the body, sexuality, privacy, and technology are formed in public spaces and inscribed through design across cultures. This collection of original essays from international scholars is the first to explore the cultural meanings, histories, and ideologies of public toilets as gendered spaces. Ladies and Gents consists of two sets of essays. The first, "Potty Politics: Toilets, Gender and Identity," establishes the importance of accessible, secure public toilets to the creation of inclusive cities, work, and learning environments. The second set of essays, "Toilet Art: Design and Cultural Representations," discusses public toilets as spaces of representation and representational spaces, with reference to architectural design, humor, film, theater, art, and popular culture. Compelling visual materials and original artwork are included throughout, depicting subjects as varied as female urinals, art installations sited in public restrooms, and the toilet in contemporary art. Taken together, these seventeen essays demonstrate that public toilets are often sites where gendered bodies compete for resources and recognition-and the stakes are high. Contributors include: Nathan Abrams, Jami L. Anderson, Johan Andersson, Kathryn H. Anthony, Kathy Battista, Andrew Brown-May, Ben Campkin, Meghan Dufresne, Peg Fraser, Deborah Gans, Clara Greed, Robin Lydenberg, Claudia Mitchell, Alison Moore, Frances Pheasant-Kelly, Bushra Rehman, Alex Schweder, Naomi Stead, and the editors.
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword / Judith Plaskow -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Private Life of Public Conveniences / Olga Gershenson and Barbara Penner -- Potty Politics: Toilets, Gender, and Identity -- 1. The Role of the Public Toilet in Civic Life / Clara Greed -- 2. Potty Privileging in Perspective: Gender and Family Issues in Toilet Design / Kathryn H. Anthony and Meghan Dufresne -- 3. Geographies of Danger: School Toilets in Sub-Saharan Africa / Claudia Mitchell -- 4. Gender, Respectability, and Public Convenience in Melbourne, Australia, 1859-1902 / Andrew Brown-May and Peg Fraser -- 5. Bodily Privacy, Toilets, and Sex Discrimination: The Problem of "Manhood" in a Women's Prison / Jami Anderson -- 6. Colonial Visions of "Third World" Toilets: A Nineteenth-Century Discourse That Haunts Contemporary Tourism / Alison Moore -- 7. Avoidance: On Some Euphemisms for the "Smallest Room" / Naomi Stead -- Toilet Art: Design and Cultural Representations -- 8. Were Our Customs Really Beautiful? Designing Refugee Camp Toilets / Deborah Gans -- 9. (Re)Designing the "Unmentionable": Female Toilets in the Twentieth Century / Barbara Penner -- 10. Marcel Duchamp's Legacy: Aesthetics, Gender, and National Identity in the Toilet / Robin Lydenberg -- 11. Toilet Training: Sarah Lucas's Toilets and the Transmogrification of the Body / Kathy Battista -- 12. Stalls between Walls: Segregated Sexed Spaces / Alex Schweder -- 13. "Our Little Secrets": A Pakistani Artist Explores the Shame and Pride of Her Community's Bathroom Practices / Bushra Rehman -- 14. In the Men's Room: Death and Derision in Cinematic Toilets / Frances Pheasant-Kelly -- 15. "White Tiles. Trickling Water. A Man!" Literary Representations of Cottaging in London / Johan Andersson and Ben Campkin.

16. The Jew on the Loo: The Toilet in Jewish Popular Culture, Memory, and Imagination / Nathan Abrams -- Afterword / Peter Greenaway -- Contributors -- Index.

Public toilets provide a unique opportunity for interrogating how conventional assumptions about the body, sexuality, privacy, and technology are formed in public spaces and inscribed through design across cultures. This collection of original essays from international scholars is the first to explore the cultural meanings, histories, and ideologies of public toilets as gendered spaces. Ladies and Gents consists of two sets of essays. The first, "Potty Politics: Toilets, Gender and Identity," establishes the importance of accessible, secure public toilets to the creation of inclusive cities, work, and learning environments. The second set of essays, "Toilet Art: Design and Cultural Representations," discusses public toilets as spaces of representation and representational spaces, with reference to architectural design, humor, film, theater, art, and popular culture. Compelling visual materials and original artwork are included throughout, depicting subjects as varied as female urinals, art installations sited in public restrooms, and the toilet in contemporary art. Taken together, these seventeen essays demonstrate that public toilets are often sites where gendered bodies compete for resources and recognition-and the stakes are high. Contributors include: Nathan Abrams, Jami L. Anderson, Johan Andersson, Kathryn H. Anthony, Kathy Battista, Andrew Brown-May, Ben Campkin, Meghan Dufresne, Peg Fraser, Deborah Gans, Clara Greed, Robin Lydenberg, Claudia Mitchell, Alison Moore, Frances Pheasant-Kelly, Bushra Rehman, Alex Schweder, Naomi Stead, and the editors.

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