The Strait Gate

The Strait Gate
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 387
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ISBN-10 : 9780300216400
ISBN-13 : 0300216408
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Book Synopsis The Strait Gate by : Daniel Jütte

Download or read book The Strait Gate written by Daniel Jütte and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring a chapter in the cultural history of the West not yet probed, The Strait Gate demonstrates how doors, gates, and related technologies such as the key and the lock have shaped the way we perceive and navigate the domestic and urban spaces that surround us in our everyday lives. Jütte reveals how doors have served as sites of power, exclusion, and inclusion, as well as metaphors for salvation in the course of Western history. More than any other parts of the house, doors are objects onto which we project our ideas of, and anxieties about, security, privacy, and shelter. Drawing on a wide range of archival, literary, and visual sources, as well as on research literature across various disciplines and languages, this book pays particular attention to the history of the practices that have developed over the centuries in order to handle and control doors in everyday life.


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