Ladies and Gents : public toilets and gender

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 explo...
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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 creat Ausführliche Beschreibung