The Bedroom

An Intimate History

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In chapters that reflect the diversity of bedrooms – the king’s bedroom and the children’s room, hotel rooms or prison cells – Perrot’s award-winning study explores the cultural history of the bedroom from ancient Greece and Rome to the present day. Looking afresh at ‘the Western bedroom’, she discusses topics ranging from its uses, including sleep, sex, seclusion, birth and death, to the relationship between private and public space. Translated by Lauren Elkin.

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