Ideology of Gender roles and creation of binaries Flashcards
What are the social implications of housing design? (3)
Identity, meaning systems, sense of place
How is physical representation created?
Architecture makes a physical representation of social relations in the way it organises space
What are the boundaries? (2)
Symbolic boundaries and Physical boundaries
What are symbolic values?
It organises things symbolically through the imagery and the appropriateness of space (masculine and feminine)
What are physical boundaries?
An example is a parlour for the best place in the front and a private sphere at the back of the house
What is an example?
The design of the victorian gentlemen townhouse reflected the internal heirachry with masculine domain at the front of the house and private feminine domain to the rear
Why did the meaning attached to feminine home change?
Development of industrial capitalism when production moved out of the home into the workplace
When were suburbs developed?
in the early 20th century
What was the purpose of the suburbs?
Builders and plumbers looked to minimise technical difficulties and cost.
Semi-rural environments for families
What was replaced in the victorian houses?
Parlour houses replaced with a lounge or dining room to reflect the new and more democratic family ideology
What were the expectations for ‘democratic’ family ideology? (4)
Disappearance of formal/informal divisions.
Pressure on women to keep larger spaces clean.
New technology in kitchens introduced to eliminate labour.
Limited space for women to call their own.
When did private houses continue to reproduce ideology about men and women roles?
1960s- women still expected to provide food and clean.
Men spent most of the day at work and saw home as a place of relaxation
How do gender roles still exist in the house?
Women are still assigned a distinctive role
However, they are not always expected to look after the children and the house
