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Retro Style Dr Sarah Elsie Baker (Media Design School, New Zealand)

Retro Style By Dr Sarah Elsie Baker (Media Design School, New Zealand)

Retro Style by Dr Sarah Elsie Baker (Media Design School, New Zealand)


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Summary

With the emergence of a contemporary desire for nostalgic interior style, Retro has inevitably become a highly valuable branch of interior design. Examining themes from production and consumption to cultural and social impacts on gender and class, Retro Style provides the essential critique of the modern vintage revival.

Retro Style Summary

Retro Style: Class, Gender and Design in the Home by Dr Sarah Elsie Baker (Media Design School, New Zealand)

Retro interiors have come to the fore in recent years as a highly desirable and valuable branch of interior design. The emergence of a need for decorative objects and vintage furniture has resurrected retro style and placed it firmly as a key trend of contemporary design. Retro Style: Class, Gender and Design in the Home is the first book to explore the modern position of retro by asking important questions around the emergence of the trend, its impact on production and consumption and how it manifests itself in the contemporary interior. Examining themes ranging from design, taste and the aestheticisation of everyday life to the bohemianisation of popular culture, the book provides a fascinating insight into how retro has shaped modern interior design. Using original ethnographic research from retro retailers, enthusiasts, designers and media professionals Retro Style explores the positive and negative side of the style, ultimately providing an original and thought-provoking perspective on the history and trajectory of how retro has become what it now is and its bearing on the future of designed interiors.

About Dr Sarah Elsie Baker (Media Design School, New Zealand)

Sarah Baker is Lecturer in Culture and Context at the School of Design, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She has researched and published numerous articles focussed on consumption and domestic space.

Table of Contents

Illustrations Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. The Definitions and Distinctions of Retro Style 3. Retro Style and the Cultural Politics of Everyday Life 4. A History of the Retro Aesthetic 5. Retailing Retro 6. Retro Interiors and Lifestyle Media 7. Retro Homes, Taste and Cultural Distinction 8. Retro Femininities and Domestic Labour 9. Conclusion Appendix References Index

Additional information

GOR008754159
9780857851086
085785108X
Retro Style: Class, Gender and Design in the Home by Dr Sarah Elsie Baker (Media Design School, New Zealand)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2013-07-04
248
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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