Fagan, Brian

What We Did in Bed: A Horizontal History

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ISBN 13:: 9780300223880
author:: Fagan, Brian
format:: Hardback
publisher:: Yale University Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2019
Pages:: 232
Dimensions:: 21 x 14 x 2.2 centimetres
Genre:: Home & Garden, Homes, Decorating,
Condition:: New
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The bed has played a surprisingly varied role throughout history. From its use in sex, death, childbirth, storytelling, and sociability to its modern transformation into a private zone, the bed's social significance has been largely forgotten. Over the past seventy thousand years, the bed has served as a space for intimacy, community, and even commerce. In preindustrial households, whole families shared beds, while travelers would often rest with strangers. Even royalty and the wealthy were not immune to sharing beds, with some rulers governing from their chambers and others being buried on golden beds. This sweeping social history explores the endlessly varied role of the bed through time, revealing a complex and fascinating story that challenges our modern perceptions of this everyday object.

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