Käthe von Bose
Käthe von Bose
Cleaning the floor, stripping the bed, arranging a bouquet of flowers-such tasks are essential to keeping a hospital room clean and creating a pleasant atmosphere. They usually fall under the purview of female* nurses, cleaning staff and ho...
[A More Ample Garment-Domestic Textiles and Environmental Knowledge in the Nineteenth Century] [0.03%]
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Kira Jürjens
Kira Jürjens
Drawing on sources such as home furnishing manuals, hygiene and household guidebooks, as well as literary texts, this article examines how the nineteenth-century domestic interior can be regarded as a functional environment regulated by tex...
[The Nest as Environment. A Historical Epistemology of the Nesting Instinct in Pregnancy] [0.03%]
[巢穴作为环境。妊娠期间筑巢本能的历史认识论]
Lisa Malich
Lisa Malich
Today, many pregnancy guides mention a nesting instinct. According to this, pregnant women would be seized by an urge to create the right environment for their child, for example to buy baby equipment or clean the apartment. The concept of ...