Thesis
Architectures of identity: English modernism, domesticity, and imperial decline
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This thesis presents a cultural history of domestic space in England between 1910 and 1948. Against the backdrop of several social and economic shifts – imperial overextension, the end of the Pax Britannica with World War I, women’s suffrage, and Britain’s abandonment of the Gold Standard amid the Great Depression – it argues for a new appreciation of how domestic space became a critical forum in which the renegotiation and reformation of English national identity took place. Drawing on li...
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+ Beasley, R
- Institution:
- University of Oxford
- Role:
- Supervisor
- ORCID:
- 0000-0002-6774-9265
+ Arts and Humanities Research Council
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- Funder identifier:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000267
- Programme:
- Collaborative Doctoral Award with the National Trust
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- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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2043577
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pubs:2043577
- Deposit date:
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2022-10-11
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- Copyright holder:
- Ketteringham, SD
- Copyright date:
- 2022
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